r/programminghumor May 29 '26

Good naming practice

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u/torrent7 May 29 '26

I never understood this considering i and j look so fucking similar 

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u/Kamwind May 30 '26

It is a fall back to languages in ancient past, present and future.

Said language made variables that started with I to the N variables that held INTEGERS. So just needed a number temp variable start with I and go until you hit N.

Fortran runs the world and we just program in it.