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Comment by adastra22

> is how mathematicians have thought for hundreds of years now.

"Because tradition" is not a good argument. We can and should strive for better.

The modern OOP-derived style of `array.mean().round(digits=2)` is just as exact in its specification, and arguably more semantically precise as well as it organizes the meaningful bits to be together.

Also I think you don't account for how much mathematical notation has changed over the years. The `round(mean(array), digits=2)` structure is relatively recent, early 20th century I believe, and the result of active reforms.

parent adastra22 2 years ago

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