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== Outside of APL ==
== Outside of APL ==


The name "iota" has sometimes been used to indicate an increasing sequence of integers even in languages other than APL. In the [[wikipedia:C++|C++11]] standard library, <source lang=c++ inline>std::iota()</source> fills an iterator with such a sequence, and was named after the APL glyph.<ref>cppreference.com. [https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/iota std::iota]. Retrieved 2020-04-28.</ref><ref name="iotashaming"/><ref>Rob Mayoff. [https://stackoverflow.com/a/9244949 Answer to "What does iota of std::iota stand for?"] on Stack Overflow.  Retrieved 2020-04-28.</ref> The [[wikipedia:Go (programming language)|Go]] language also uses the name <source lang=go inline>iota</source> as a predeclared identifier which represents increasing integers: each time it is used within a single constant declaration its value will be one higher.<ref>The Go Programming Language Specification. [https://golang.org/ref/spec#Iota Iota]. 2020-01-14.</ref> The popular [[wikipedia:Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] list library SRFI 1 also includes a function called <source lang=scheme inline>iota</source> in reference to APL, which takes a count as well as optional starting value (default 0) and step size (default 1) arguments.<ref>Olin Shivers. [https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-1/srfi-1.html#iota SRFI 1: List Library]. Finalized 1999-10-09.</ref> The [[wikipedia:ArrayFire|ArrayFire]] library for [[wikipedia:general-purpose computing on graphics processing units|general-purpose computing on graphics processing units]] has an <source lang=c inline>iota</source> function with a result similar to that of A+ and J when given a [[#Vector_arguments|vector argument]].<ref>ArrayFire: Functions. [https://arrayfire.org/docs/group__data__func__iota.htm iota]. Jun 2, 2015.</ref>
The name "iota" has sometimes been used to indicate an increasing sequence of integers even in languages other than APL:
* The [[wikipedia:C++|C++11]] standard library has <source lang=c++ inline>std::iota()</source> fills an iterator with such a sequence, and was named after the APL glyph.<ref>cppreference.com. [https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/iota std::iota]. Retrieved 2020-04-28.</ref><ref name="iotashaming"/><ref>Rob Mayoff. [https://stackoverflow.com/a/9244949 Answer to "What does iota of std::iota stand for?"] on Stack Overflow.  Retrieved 2020-04-28.</ref>
* The [[wikipedia:Go (programming language)|Go]] language also uses the name <source lang=go inline>iota</source> as a predeclared identifier which represents increasing integers: each time it is used within a single constant declaration its value will be one higher.<ref>The Go Programming Language Specification. [https://golang.org/ref/spec#Iota Iota]. 2020-01-14.</ref>
* The popular [[wikipedia:Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] list library SRFI 1 also includes a function called <source lang=scheme inline>iota</source> in reference to APL, which takes a count as well as optional starting value (default 0) and step size (default 1) arguments.<ref>Olin Shivers. [https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-1/srfi-1.html#iota SRFI 1: List Library]. Finalized 1999-10-09.</ref>
* The [[wikipedia:ArrayFire|ArrayFire]] library for [[wikipedia:general-purpose computing on graphics processing units|general-purpose computing on graphics processing units]] has an <source lang=c inline>iota</source> function with a result similar to that of A+ and J when given a [[#Vector_arguments|vector argument]].<ref>ArrayFire: Functions. [https://arrayfire.org/docs/group__data__func__iota.htm iota]. Jun 2, 2015.</ref>
* The [[wikipedia:Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] operating systems and its derivatives systems, for example [[wikipedia:macOS|macOS]], have a <source lang=shell inline>jot</source> which can print sequential data. The name <source lang=shell inline>jot</source> derives in part from APL's glyph.<ref>openbsd.org. [https://man.openbsd.org/jot#DESCRIPTION jot]. Retrieved 2022-08-04.</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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