Stupid little iota of an idea

Wed Feb 9 23:11:56 PST 2011

On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:08:10 -0300, Ary Manzana wrote:

> On 2/9/11 3:54 PM, bearophile wrote:
>> - There is no need to learn to use a function with a weird syntax like
>> iota, coming from APL. This makes Phobos and learning D a bit simpler.
> 
> I would recommend stop using "weird" names for functions. Sorry if this
> sounds a little harsh but the only reason I see this function is called
> "iota" is to demonstrate knowledge (or to sound cool). 

I believe 'iota' got its name from its sibling in C++'s STL:

    http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/iota.html

-Lars