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minus-squareAlien Nathan Edwardlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWhen I was a baby coder back in the 90s we were taught that these names were meant to save space in the symbol table because at one time space was so limited that naming your variable n rather than numElementsInArray would have an impact
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When I was a baby coder back in the 90s we were taught that these names were meant to save space in the symbol table because at one time space was so limited that naming your variable n rather than numElementsInArray would have an impact
There was also a time when programs were distributed in magazines that needed you to type them into your computer by hand.