@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 1 year agowhy not a,b or x,y?lemm.eeimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down143
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minus-square@throwsbookslink14•1 year agoI always thought i for index when iterating through an array. Then you can’t use i again in a nested loop so j follows. Tho sometimes x, y if the array represents coordinates. Only a maniac would use a, b.
minus-square@rarkgrameslink2•1 year agoOne of the very first lines of code I ever wrote was: 10 FOR a = 1 TO 70 In Spectrum Basic. I do tend to use I these days, I’ve calmed down since my childhood days 😀
I always thought i for index when iterating through an array. Then you can’t use i again in a nested loop so j follows.
Tho sometimes x, y if the array represents coordinates.
Only a maniac would use a, b.
One of the very first lines of code I ever wrote was:
10 FOR a = 1 TO 70
In Spectrum Basic. I do tend to use I these days, I’ve calmed down since my childhood days 😀