You're right that they're terrible names, and that giving them names that describe how the counter is being used would be better and Since they get used as lo

You're right that they're terrible names, and that giving them names that describe how the counter is being used would be better and Since they get used as loop counters so much you at least know that they're being used in a loop. It's not much info, but at least it's something. (The grandparent's suggestion of 'a, c, w' (or whatever) tells me _nothing_ :) )