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to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 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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  • @Poob@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    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

      • @Gork@beehaw.org
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        kndex

        • @CoffeeDev@lemmy.studio
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          lndex

    • @DraughtGlobe@feddit.nl
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      I always thought it stood for iterator

      • @indepndnt@lemmy.world
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        7•2 years ago

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

    • @Xella@lemmy.world
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      This is the real answer

    • Chahk
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      i2?

      • piotrek416
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        ii

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