really silly nit: why 3+5j instead of 3+5i?

Tim Peters tim_one at email.msn.com
Sat May 13 03:03:29 EDT 2000


[Jeff Petkau]
> Can anyone tell me why Python uses 'j' instead of 'i' for imaginary
> numbers?

Because consensus on this was impossible to reach, and it appeared that more
people favored "j" than "i" at the time.

it-also-uses-"if"-instead-of-"conditionally"<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim






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