On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 08:52 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 12/7/2013 4:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 20:33 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 12/6/2013 5:23 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > >>> André Nunes Batista wrote: > >>>> BTW, why did they change that? Panel 0 and Panel 1 were such an cool way > >>>> to teach gui users to count. > >>> > >>> Hmm... I disagree. Counting and indexing are two different things. > >>> Indexes start at zero. Counting starts at one. > >>> > >>> This is often described as the classic fencepost problem. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >> > >> In SOME languages, indexing starts at 0. C was the first popular > >> language to do this. Older languages such as BASIC, FORTRAN and COBOL > >> start at 1 (unless that's also changed in the last 20 years! :) ). > > > > Note folks, you only seem to think about computers. But the logic has > > less to do with computers, it does effect computers too, but is not > > related to computers, it's a logical issue. > > > > This is a list about computers. > > > The logical issue, math isn't logic, is not a computer related problem, > > it's real live math from a long, long time before humans know computers. > > > > To say math is not logical shows how little you understand math. > > <snip rest of tripe> >
Logic is another science than math is in my country. Isn't it in yours? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1386425287.2811.23.camel@archlinux
