| ▲ | throw-the-towel 5 hours ago | |
i has been the default variable for sum notation in mathematics long before FORTRAN. Here's an example dating from 1838: https://www.numdam.org/item/JMPA_1838_1_3__508_0.pdf | ||
| ▲ | fph 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
It might actually be the other way round: Fortran adopted the convention that i,j,k are integer variables because that was the standard in maths. | ||
| ▲ | vintagedave 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Where in that doc, sorry? I thought I spotted something then realized it may have been a ‘1’. | ||