> [...] as long as they do something about math's terrible symbol notation...
Which area of math are you talking about? In general you can make up your notation as you go along solving your problems, and only need to use a common notation for sharing your work with other people, and even then a short introduction will usually suffice and you can use your notation.
The standard notation is convenient, and that's why people use it. Historically, it developed writing on black boards and paper and works best there, it doesn't map all that well to ASCII.
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> [...] as long as they do something about math's terrible symbol notation...
Which area of math are you talking about? In general you can make up your notation as you go along solving your problems, and only need to use a common notation for sharing your work with other people, and even then a short introduction will usually suffice and you can use your notation.
The standard notation is convenient, and that's why people use it. Historically, it developed writing on black boards and paper and works best there, it doesn't map all that well to ASCII.