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Re: Why did Quora choose Python for its development?

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Date Wed, 25 May 2011 11:43:20 -0400
Subject Re: Why did Quora choose Python for its development?
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I hate using L for anything, namely because if you type it lowercase
you always have to wonder if its an l or a 1 in a terminal window.
-Matthew

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 May 2011 10:23:59 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Huh. I never knew that. I just learned from use that I, J, K, M and N
> were traditionally integers. I never used L for an integer variable, and
> don't know anyone who does.
>
> I for integer is obvious. If you need a second one, you use the next
> letter J, and if you need a third, the one after that, K. If you need
> four, you're probably doing something wrong.
>
> Likewise, N for number (as in, *counting* number). If you need two, using
> N and O is stupid, because O can be confused with 0, so you go backwards
> and use M.
>
> However, using P and Q for integers is merely arbitrary convention.
>
>
>
> --
> Steven
> --
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