>>>>> "KH" == Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KH> Hashes and arrays, OTOH, really aren't different for people. The concept KH> of an index needing to be a nonnegative number is a computer concept. I don't know about that. Good old PL/I had arbitrary ranges for array indices. Hmm, I feel an RFC coming on.... my @arr :low(-32000) :high(+32000); my @population :low(1900) :high(2039); $population[1923] = 323000; How about my @population[1900:2039]; Looks funny though. <chaim> -- Chaim Frenkel Nonlinear Knowledge, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-718-236-0183
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