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Heh. When I first learned to code as a kid, a variable was max two characters (the first of which had to be a letter A-Z and the other could be a letter or number).


Ha, you're right. Commodore BASIC, probably? (written by Microsoft, I think.)

I do remember at some point having access to a language with less restrictions on variable naming, and thinking, "wow, that's so amazing"


Or Apple "integer" BASIC. Probably a few other dialects, as well.


That same engineer would frequently nest for loops inside for loops inside for loops with indeces like ii, jj, and kk. Drove me nuts sometimes.




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