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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, <syntaxhighlight lang=c++ inline>std::iota()</syntaxhighlight> 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 <syntaxhighlight lang=go inline>iota</syntaxhighlight> 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> Functions named "iota" appear in libraries such as [[wikipedia:Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]'s SRFI 1 (list library),<ref>Olin Shivers. [https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-1/srfi-1.html#iota SRFI 1: List Library]. Finalized 1999-10-09.</ref> [[wikipedia:general-purpose computing on graphics processing units|GPGPU]] library [[wikipedia:ArrayFire|ArrayFire]],<ref>ArrayFire: Functions. [https://arrayfire.org/docs/group__data__func__iota.htm iota]. Jun 2, 2015.</ref> and [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]] library scijs.<ref>scijs.not. [https://scijs.net/packages/#scijs/iota-array iota-array]. Retrieved 20223-05-11</ref> The [[wikipedia:Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] operating system (including derivative [[wikipedia:macOS|macOS]]) uses <syntaxhighlight lang=shell inline>jot</syntaxhighlight> to print sequential data, a name derived in part from APL's glyph.<ref>openbsd.org. [https://man.openbsd.org/jot#DESCRIPTION jot]. Retrieved 2022-08-04.</ref>