Tim Roberts wrote: > Scott David Daniels <scott.dani...@acm.org> wrote: >> I avoid using single-letter variables except where I know the types >>from the name (so I use i, j, k, l, m, n as integers, s as string, >> and w, x, y, and z I am a little looser with (but usually float or >> complex). > > It's amazing to me that Fortran continues to live on in the hearts and > minds of today's programmers.
Well I think it's more that the original Fortran programmers were applied mathematicians, who have always tended to use i through m as integer variables, and that usage continues both in programming and mathematics today. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
