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@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 2 years ago

why not a,b or x,y?

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why not a,b or x,y?

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@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 2 years ago
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    i is for index. j is simply the next letter and we’re too lazy to think up something meaningful

    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]
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      jndex

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        kndex

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          lndex

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      I always thought it stood for iterator

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        I sometimes use it for “item”, knowing full well its established meaning as index or iterator, because I’m a rebel.

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      i2?

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        ii

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      This is the real answer

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