Comment on Scientists suck at naming and abbreviating stuff
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hey physicists generally use k for that integration constant. Or whatever unused letter they feel like.
Comment on Scientists suck at naming and abbreviating stuff
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hey physicists generally use k for that integration constant. Or whatever unused letter they feel like.
Clasm@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
K is also used for half of thermochem, too.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
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@programming.dev 2 months ago
Then you’re clearly not deep enough into the world of array programming languages. See, K is a a programming language that takes many design cues from J, which is I’m turn based on APL. It’s known primarily for that and for KDB, the database engine written in it.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The brilliance of this is it could be real or bullshit and no one can tell.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You know what they say, K for kthermokhem