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why not a,b or x,y? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find it hard to read when these are together:

i, j, l
n, m, u, v, w

From all the possible character combinations, somehow the lookalike combinations are among the most popular. Yes, probably comes from math. I hated it even more when my math prof's i and j on the board were indistinguishable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a thin J, okay kid? Git gud, get on my level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.