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How does the function 'iota' get its name?
Feb 12, 2023
ccmywish
Feb 12, 2023
Sergey
February 12, 2023

Hi, everyone!

I'm very new to D. I see a function called iota

Iota seems a Greek letter. Why does it relate to range?

February 12, 2023

On 2/12/23 2:17 PM, ccmywish wrote:

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Hi, everyone!

I'm very new to D. I see a function called iota

Iota seems a Greek letter. Why does it relate to range?

It came from C++. See notes here: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/iota

-Steve

February 12, 2023

On Sunday, 12 February 2023 at 19:39:49 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

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On 2/12/23 2:17 PM, ccmywish wrote:

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Hi, everyone!

I'm very new to D. I see a function called iota

Iota seems a Greek letter. Why does it relate to range?

It came from C++. See notes here: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/iota

-Steve

Which took it from APL
https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Index_Generator