I understand it as a meditation (koan?) on the futility of arguing about where indices should begin, and where they come to rest.
Hold it lightly, and be enlightened. -s > On Sep 25, 2015, at 7:00 AM, Páll Haraldsson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > https://libraries.io/julia/TwoBasedIndexing > > > http://python-history.blogspot.is/2013/10/why-python-uses-0-based-indexing.html > > [While Guido's former ABC used 1-based] > > "Guido van RossumOctober 24, 2013 at 8:49 AM > To anyone who prefers 1-based indexing: you are the same people who screwed > up the calendar, starting at year 1" > > > I think my next year will start at January 2.. > > I do not want to start an argument on 0-based vs. 1-based, I've grown to like > Julia's 1-based variant. Just 2-based seemed odd.. Probably a prove of > concept, for more general n-based/Pascal arrays.. > > -- > Palli. >
