Quote: assembly codes are strings of commands, but the rest of mathematics uses expressions instead of commands; we say 'x + y' instead of 'add x to y'

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All the first and simplest programming languages--by which … causes the computer to perform some elementary operation … In the rest of mathematics, however, there are … up complicated results. When talking of these expressions … of adding x to y' but never the …   Google-1   Google-2

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