why not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimage mastermind ( @mastermind@lemm.ee ) Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square47fedilinkarrow-up1335
arrow-up1335imagewhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.ee mastermind ( @mastermind@lemm.ee ) Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square47fedilink
minus-square Cowabunghole ( @Cowabunghole@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink8•1 year agoIt’s my understanding that i,j are conventionally used in mathematics which carried over into programming, but specifically it comes from Fortran in which all integer variables start with “I” through “N” based on said mathematical convention
It’s my understanding that i,j are conventionally used in mathematics which carried over into programming, but specifically it comes from Fortran in which all integer variables start with “I” through “N” based on said mathematical convention