16 Jul
2015
16 Jul
'15
8:14 p.m.
On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 14:37 -0400, grarpamp wrote:
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Tom van der Woerdt info@tvdw.eu wrote:
Aha, documentation, use presumed consistent, carry on, thanks.
Actually the "use it freely" reference there describes iff as a borderline case of w.l.o.g., s.t., etc. and suggests that iff be explicitly defined when used in non-mathematical writing.
I avoid it even in mathematical articles myself on the grounds that it's poor erasure coding and easy to miss-read. There is a tangible advantage in writing faster on a blackboard that disappears in print.
Jeff