Re: The "i" in "ipairs"

[David Jones <drj@...>]

On 8 Dec 2006, at 16:15, Aaron Brown wrote:

> Roberto wrote:
>
> > As far as I know, the "i" variables used in numeric loops
> > also came from "integer", not from "indexed".
>
> You're probably right.  But what about the "i" in "ipairs"?
> Which of the following did it come from?
>
> - the word "integer"
> - the word "indexed" (or "index")
> - the identifier "i" traditionally used in numeric loops
>  (regardless of the source of that tradition)

And of course mathematicians have been using i for indexing long  
before computers ever came along:

\sigma_{i=1,N}{x_i}

drj