I think HN just finished turning into Reddit before my very eyes.
That was actually standard Fortran practice, back in the day when variables were case-insensitive and could only have four characters. You haven't lived until you've ported some of the Fortran code aerospace companies…
It never ceases to amaze me how often technical people in general and computer programmers in particular read this book and can't see the point, which is that your values can't be deduced by logic.
I think HN just finished turning into Reddit before my very eyes.
That was actually standard Fortran practice, back in the day when variables were case-insensitive and could only have four characters. You haven't lived until you've ported some of the Fortran code aerospace companies…
It never ceases to amaze me how often technical people in general and computer programmers in particular read this book and can't see the point, which is that your values can't be deduced by logic.