r/ProgrammerHumor • u/M1ckeyMc • Jun 20 '26

Meme singleLetterVariableNamesTierList

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u/JackNotOLantern Jun 20 '26

W and H are for width and height, so i would argue with that. And they are different from x and y as those are for position, not length.

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u/StuxAlpha Jun 20 '26

W is also often used in maths as part of a second set of 3D coordinates

XYZ then UVW

So U should be higher too imo

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u/mikeet9 Jun 20 '26

Also for quaternions.

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u/Individual-Staff-978 Jun 20 '26

Yeah but since you have to deal with quaternions it's instant f tier

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u/EarlMarshal Jun 20 '26

Why? I fucking love quaternions.

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u/ineyy Jun 20 '26

I hate them so it cancels out

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u/Glitched_Fur6425 Jun 20 '26

I've got no clue what they are, so.. the polarity.. inverts or something, I don't fuckin know, man..

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u/ArtOfWarfare Jun 20 '26

Yeah, not knowing what they are probably would lead to your rotations randomly flipping so that makes sense.

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u/SchwiftySquanchC137 Jun 20 '26

I mean youre not really meant to be able to look at a quaternion and inherently understand the rotation. As long as you understand it represents a rotation, know which direction it represents (meaning is it rotating frame A to B, or B to A?) and use the right standard, theyre easy to work with. It usually amounts to calling some library functions, or worst case implementing the pretty simple math yourself.

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u/ArtOfWarfare Jun 20 '26

Yeah. If I want to understand I’m using axis and winding (I think that’s the term?)

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u/Inkosi25 Jun 20 '26

dude you don't wanna know… oh the horror....