Yeah, that may be the explanation, but IMO it's still dumb to do arrays that way. Nobody calls their thumb their "zeroth" finger.
A whole other discussion is whether it was smart for CFML to "correct" this issue. -- Josh -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 3:20 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Looking for a CF Recipe script! > I'm sorry - but I still say the guy who invented arrays was drunk and > came up with the "its an offset" excuse later on to explain the whole > 0 based thing. I think a simpler explanation is that it's pretty significant in binary. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335188 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
