@mastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year agowhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1671arrow-down143
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minus-squareTheWoozylinkfedilink14•1 year agoIn old FORTAN variable starting with I…N are integers. This is how the practice began.
minus-square@emptyother@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoLearned 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-square@pazukaza@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•1 year agoOh wow, I thought it was because “i” was a short way of writing “index”. Then “j” was just logical after that.
minus-squareTheWoozylinkfedilink1•1 year agoYou 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.