That's something only someone who's never studied advanced math could say. Math notation and jargon can be extremely ambiguous and overloaded. "Normal" has about 20 different meanings.

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math_dandy 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Certainly overloaded but rarely ambiguous. Context will determine which notion of “normal” applies.

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breezybottom 10 hours ago | parent [-]

"Context dependent" is basically the definition of ambiguity.

	▲	chongli 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, I'd say ambiguous means "context dependent" and the context is unclear. Pronouns like you/me/he/she/they/them are context dependent in everyday English writing but they're only ambiguous when the context is unclear, otherwise most people have no trouble dealing with them at all!
	▲	math_dandy 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I guess what I’m saying is that since there’s always a context, ambiguity stemming from uninspired naming is never an issue in practice.

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overfeed 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Strives to minimize =/= completely eliminates

	▲	breezybottom 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I haven't seen much of this "striving". Notation use is largely passed down from instructor to student, and there isn't much interest in the mathematical community to standardize.