[PEP draft 2] Adding new math operators

[Cees de Groot]

Huaiyu Zhu <hzhu at users.sourceforge.net> said:
>4. Using mini parser to parse formulas written in arbitrary extension placed
>   in quoted strings.
>
Excuse me for kicking in. I'll probably reiterate someone else's comments,
because I've missed the first versions of your proposal (holidays and stuff).

It seems to add an awful lot to a general-purpose language "just" to make
numerical computation easier. What %-age of users applies Python in this
area?

I wouldn't like my favorite simple language being cluttered with
syntax for all sorts of specialistic stuff. Therefore, I like option 4
best. Implement LaTeX for formulas, most mathematics types know how to
write these and you'll have kick-ass source code documentation :-).

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