What does iota of std::iota stand for?

Question

I\'m assuming the \"i\" is increment and the \"a\" is assign, but I could not figure out or find the answer. Also, it looks very similar to the non-standard itoa

Answer 1

I quote from this page: iotashaming where you can find more on the subject.

STL was greatly influenced by Ken Iverson’s work on APL. In Ken’s Turing award lecture from 1979 you will find this phrase:

"For example, the integer function denoted by ι produces a vector of the first N integers."