31 Aug
2007
31 Aug
'07
noon
What is so bad about
f x = g x'' where x'' = x' + transform x' = x * scale
(if you really hate inventing temporary names, that is). There's nothing at all wrong with this, assuming it's what you meant to type :-), and it might even correspond perfectly to the mathematical notation used in some textbook. But I would argue that this example is
ok wrote: pretty simple, and that if there were a lot of xs and x's and x''s then the chance of making a typing mistake is greater, I believe, than if you had used x, xscaled, and xtransformed. (On the other hand this is all pretty subjective... :-) -Paul