really silly nit: why 3+5j instead of 3+5i?

[Greg Ewing]

Thomas Wouters wrote:
> 
> >       1000l           1000I           1000J
> 
> *This* is the best argument for the use of J that I've heard so far.

I don't see why capital I or J should be allowed at all.
Mathematicians and electrical engineers always use lower
case i or j for sqrt(-1). If only lowercase i were allowed,
there couldn't be any confusion with l (unless you use
a *really* strange font...)

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