What is BASIC? (was Re: What is Python?)

Richard Brodie R.Brodie at rl.ac.uk
Thu Sep 21 10:12:21 EDT 2000


"Aahz Maruch" <aahz at panix.com> wrote in message news:8qcvr4$41v$1 at panix2.panix.com...

> That "feature" was essentially borrowed directly from FORTRAN.  IIRC,
> FORTRAN variables starting with I-N defaulted to ints.  Now you know why
> the canonical loop variables are "i" and "j".

Yes, although FORTRAN was borrowing from standard mathematical
practice (natch) of using i,j,k (sometimes l,m,n) as indexes in vectors.

Indeed using them in implied do loops follows Einstein's convention with
tensors in his theories of relativity.






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