Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

In article <Ea0yP.6763$SVG3.6427@fx42.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:

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?
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Answer: Fortran IMPLICIT INTEGER

Why did Fortran have I-N as implicit integers?  Because of common
mathematical practice, which uses those letters as subscripts.

Fortran's role in this convention is as an intermediary rather the as
the origin.

-- Richard