I could not disagree more with that post. Mathematical notation is to Python what English would be to Assembly Language: it is a high-level notation, designed see the forest rather than getting lost in the trees.
Take Maxwell's equations for example. After learning vector calculus and becoming familiar with its notation, you notice how much meaning you can extract at a quick glance from the four Maxwell's equations expressed in differential form. The purpose is not to obfuscate the meaning (like the author implies when he mentions the Obfuscated C contest) but rather to reveal/encapsulate as much information as possible in a way that is easy to understand at a glance. You want to know what would happen if magnetic monopoles existed? Easy to do by just adding a few extra terms that are obvious by symmetry of the equations.
And, if you go beyond vector calculus, you can see an even clearer picture by writing
F = dA (equivalent to the usual two homogeneous Maxwell Equations)
d*F = *J (equivalent to the remaining two)
Take Maxwell's equations for example. After learning vector calculus and becoming familiar with its notation, you notice how much meaning you can extract at a quick glance from the four Maxwell's equations expressed in differential form. The purpose is not to obfuscate the meaning (like the author implies when he mentions the Obfuscated C contest) but rather to reveal/encapsulate as much information as possible in a way that is easy to understand at a glance. You want to know what would happen if magnetic monopoles existed? Easy to do by just adding a few extra terms that are obvious by symmetry of the equations.
And, if you go beyond vector calculus, you can see an even clearer picture by writing