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Date Wed, 25 May 2011 10:23:59 -0400
From "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
To Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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On Wed, 25 May 2011 07:36:40 -0400
Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> Remembering that I, J, K, L, M, and N were integer was trivial if you 
> came from a math background.  And, of course, Fortran was all about 

The easiest way to remember was that the first two letters of INteger
gave you the range.

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