mastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 years agowhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1656
arrow-up1656imagewhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eemastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squarespauldo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoWhen the practice started, most (if not all) programming languages used capital letters. IIRC the computers that ran early FORTRAN (which is where the I,J,K, etc. convention comes from) didn’t even support lower case letters.
When the practice started, most (if not all) programming languages used capital letters. IIRC the computers that ran early FORTRAN (which is where the I,J,K, etc. convention comes from) didn’t even support lower case letters.