mastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 年前why not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down143
arrow-up1611arrow-down1imagewhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eemastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 年前message-square97fedilink
minus-squareTheWoozy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 年前In old FORTAN variable starting with I…N are integers. This is how the practice began.
minus-squareemptyother@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前Learned that VERY recently from here, at NDC Oslo 2023, he mentioned it around 42:54. The whole talk is worth watching, its about the history of javascript all the way back to FORTRAN (the talk itself starts at 25:03).
minus-squarepazukaza@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前Oh wow, I thought it was because “i” was a short way of writing “index”. Then “j” was just logical after that.
minus-squareTheWoozy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前You are still correct! The letters I & n are the first letters on Index.
In old FORTAN variable starting with I…N are integers. This is how the practice began.
Learned that VERY recently from here, at NDC Oslo 2023, he mentioned it around 42:54. The whole talk is worth watching, its about the history of javascript all the way back to FORTRAN (the talk itself starts at 25:03).
Oh wow, I thought it was because “i” was a short way of writing “index”. Then “j” was just logical after that.
You are still correct! The letters I & n are the first letters on Index.