Comment by dorkwood

I also sometimes have to translate mathematical notation to algorithms. As a non-mathematician, math notation seems similar to naming all your variables 'a', 'b', 'c' etc. and then writing a key elsewhere that explains that 'b' stands for 'car deceleration rate'.

This would be insane to do in code, why is it normal in mathematics?

Note: I had this example in my head while writing https://www.traffic-simulation.de/info/IDMsstar.png