mastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 年前why not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1671arrow-down145
arrow-up1626arrow-down1imagewhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eemastermind@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 年前message-square99fedilink
minus-squarespauldo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 年前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.
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.