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Re:My personal C coding style as of late 2023 by iforgotpassword on Monday October 09, 2023 @03:29AM (#37817932)
Because we've used those names since forever, but that's archaic random crap really. Nothing apart from maybe "byte" makes sense here, the rest is completely arbitrary historic cruft. Could as well have called the rest timmy, britney and hulk.
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Re:My personal C coding style as of late 2023 by runiq on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:13AM (#37818178)
> Nothing apart from maybe "byte" makes sense here

Lest we forget: https://web.archive.org/web/20170403130829/http://www.bobbem...

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Re:My personal C coding style as of late 2023 by layer8 on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:21AM (#37818234)
Java uses exactly the same, and has a huge developer mindshare. While rooted in historic accidents, it's well-established.
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