I've wondered that myself, because the zoo of symbols doesn't speak to me, like iota, but maybe the mathematical use has something to do with the APL use.
So I simply assume there is something deeper going on than "it looks ugly". Maybe someone here is in that camp and can tell us. At least the argument was made on HN in some earlier APL or J thread.
So I simply assume there is something deeper going on than "it looks ugly". Maybe someone here is in that camp and can tell us. At least the argument was made on HN in some earlier APL or J thread.