Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

On 05.03.2025 18:51, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> writes:

>
Seriously, short variable names for common things - i, j, k for loop
counters;

 
So, one might ask _why_ i, j, k instead of a, b, c?
 
Answer: Fortran IMPLICIT INTEGER

Ah, right! I forgot about that. - But is that the answer?

We've got such conventions from math; a, b, c, for lines,
x, y, z, for coordinates, p, q, r, for points, i, j, k,
for indexes, and so on. Loops often iterate over indexes.

Janis
--
for (number_of_natively_born_people_in_coast_states_without_havens = 0;
     number_of_natively_born_people_in_coast_states_without_havens <=

maximum_number_of_natively_born_people_in_coast_states_without_havens;
     number_of_natively_born_people_in_coast_states_without_havens++)

Segmentation fault (core dumped)