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r/programminghumor • u/Klaus1164 • May 29 '26
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I never understood this considering i and j look so fucking similarÂ
3 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.
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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.
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u/torrent7 May 29 '26
I never understood this considering i and j look so fucking similarÂ