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Scientists suck at naming and abbreviating stuff (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Hey physicists generally use k for that integration constant. Or whatever unused letter they feel like.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

K is also used for half of thermochem, too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's also the abbreviation for the Kelvin temperature scale and the atomic symbol for potassium. I'm unaware of a K programming language.

[–] silasmariner 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Then you're clearly not deep enough into the world of array programming languages. See, K is a programming language that takes many design cues from J, which is in turn based on APL. It's known primarily for that and for KDB, the database engine written in it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The brilliance of this is it could be real or bullshit and no one can tell.

[–] silasmariner 1 points 2 weeks ago

I legit use a J interpreter instead of a calculator on my phone. I wrote fizzbuzz a few times - it was hard for me in J, but I've done it. K is real but I can't even write fizzbuzz in it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You know what they say, K for kthermokhem

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