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`let` is not a terribly hard to understand keyword. Especially if you've had exposure to functional programming. Most academics I knew actually started out programming the functional way, rather than OO. So I'm not sure if I agree 100% with what your saying.

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It's not terribly difficult to understand `let` if you have a background in math, given that nearly every formal proof defines variables with `let x:=`

I think only academics with a background in CS will typically be familiar with functional programming.

For everyone else, they will have used something simpler like Excel, C, R, Python.

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