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I like “from A to B” because B happens after A temporally and in the text. It also serves to emphasize A as opposed to B, which is nice because we usually wouldn’t leave A unless there was really a problem with it even if B is better in some way.

Had the same reaction - skipping prepositions and mashing the nouns into a trained interpretive mold. Guess I need to slow down.

You will love the Intel assembly dialect.

Was just going to say this. Although, it's not specific to Intel assembly. Many assembly languages use the syntax: move destination,origin

So does the assignment statement in almost all languages I know.

But assignment in most languages doesn't use a word that's commonly used with a particular order.

The NYT uses this style (to … from …) deliberately as well. It’s a little bumpier, as you mention, but avoids confusion with describing a range.

We've changed it above now. (Submitted title was "Kyoto framework is moving to sr.ht from GitHub")