In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:36:40 -0500 > > I've written programs where the lower bound was negative. Yes, the > code was clearer that way than it would have otherwise been. > Heck, I've written programs in Rexx and awk (others might use perl) where the subscripts aren't even numeric. And the code was much clearer that way than it would have otherwise been. (Except to programmers who have never before encountered the construct.)
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