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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:52:32 +0000
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On 06/03/2025 14:49, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
>> On 05/03/2025 18:51, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 05/03/2025 17:09, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>>>>> On 05.03.2025 17:40, bart wrote:
>>>>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seriously, short variable names for common things - i, j, k for loop
>>>> counters;
>>>
>>> So, one might ask _why_ i, j, k instead of a, b, c?
>>>
>>> Answer: Fortran IMPLICIT INTEGER
>>>
>>
>> Nonsense.
>>
>> Ask rather why Fortran picked i, j, k for integer-type index variables.
>> Their use for that function in maths /long/ predates Fortran.
> 
> That doesn't mean that C programmers didn't adopt the
> use of i,j,k from FORTRAN.

I'd always assumed it was because 'index' was too much to type, and that 
j and k just followed on.

Didn't know about any hysterical raisins.