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43FF's Law: You can measure software complexity by the number of nested for-loops. The first for-loop appeared around in 1957 in FORTRAN. In 1975, Smalltalk h
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 11mo ago
43FF's Law: You can measure software complexity by the number of nested for-loops.
The first for-loop appeared around in 1957 in FORTRAN.
In 1975, Smalltalk having two nested for-loops was a grand breakthrough.
Now in 2025, our most advanced AIs run on for-loops nested 6 or 7 deep. Who knows what the future may hold?
- pklausler 11mo agoFortran used to have DO loops. It still does, but it used to, too. Algol's the one with FOR loops.