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		jdnenej on Oct 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in A... In python it makes sense but when you have `for(let i=0; I<length; I++)` it makes less sense

wongarsu on Oct 25, 2019 [–]

"for all i smaller than length, starting at 0". It doesn't really map perfectly because in math you usually don't care about the order, so a for loop actually contains more information than the statement it's trying to mimic.

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