This irks me. Why can't I write my equations in natural form?

This irks me. Why can't I write my equations in natural form?

program WhyDoEmbarcaderoNotCareAboutPerformance;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
System.Diagnostics;

const
RepCount = 25000;

var
Data: array [0..8191] of Double;

procedure Main;
var
i, j, rep: Integer;
Stopwatch: TStopwatch;
begin
Writeln('/2.0');
for j := 1 to 5 do begin
for i := low(Data) to high(Data) do begin
Data[i] := 666*i;
end;

Stopwatch := TStopwatch.StartNew;
for rep := 0 to RepCount-1 do begin
for i := low(Data) to high(Data) do begin
Data[i] := Data[i]/2.0;
end;
end;
Writeln(Stopwatch.ElapsedTicks);
end;

Writeln('*0.5');
for j := 1 to 5 do begin
for i := low(Data) to high(Data) do begin
Data[i] := 666*i;
end;

Stopwatch := TStopwatch.StartNew;
for rep := 0 to RepCount-1 do begin
for i := low(Data) to high(Data) do begin
Data[i] := 0.5*Data[i];
end;
end;
Writeln(Stopwatch.ElapsedTicks);
end;
end;

begin
Main;
Readln;
end.