It's clever in that scenario because seeing the exponential notation for most people will require more brain processing power than simply seeing 5000 milliseconds or 5 seconds.
It also really just depends on what you're building. Web development rarely requires you to use exponential notation, and so declaring it as "something that every coder should learn" is not an absolute that I can get behind.
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It's clever in that scenario because seeing the exponential notation for most people will require more brain processing power than simply seeing 5000 milliseconds or 5 seconds.
It also really just depends on what you're building. Web development rarely requires you to use exponential notation, and so declaring it as "something that every coder should learn" is not an absolute that I can get behind.