I missed this reply earlier. Fredrik Lundh wrote: > there might be cognitive theories that argue that the length of the > symbols used to describe something is more important than the symbols > you use and how they can be "chunked" by the brain
Expert communication is known to work differently. For example, take a doctor's note. It's minimalist representation and domain specific notational standardizations are absolute gibberish for a reader without the knowledge of medicine (or more specifically, the sub-specialty) and the context of the patient. But it is very efficient for the audience it is intended for. Now, the hand writing - that's a wholly different story :-). BTW, I am studying clinical information representations. This discussion was interesting to me because I am trying to see programming language representation as a better discussed and more structured microcosm of the relatively fuzzy domain I am studying. Of course, there are many important differences and I may be drawing the parallels liberally at this point but it gives me an interesting perspective. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
