> From: [email protected] [mailto:programming- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul Miller > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] A little question > > I'd like to note an oddity about numbers and their words: > > 0 First > 1 Second > 2 Third > 3 Fourth (...)
Well, as you know, the oddity relates to the strange way of numbering used in programming (and J). It's as odd as teaching children to count 1,2,... and then when they start programming, we tell them: no it should be 0,1,2,... (Comparable with teaching little children to talk and when they do, tell them to shut up.) I have never read any good reason why programmers should count starting by 0. And one of the good reasons _not_ to do that in J particular, is that counting from the last one is done by _1, _2, ... I don't want to reopen this old discussion, but it is peculiar you call it an oddity. R.E. Boss (Add your info to http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Community/Demographics ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
