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Quote Horus

Surprised to see i isn't in the common identifier

by Horus » Tue Dec 28, 2010 21:45 UTC

One thing that surprised me is that the letter i isn't amongst the common identifiers.

In math, i, j, k are very commonly used. Furthermore, i is used more frequently than k. I see k there but not i, which makes an even greater surprise.