----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Wirchenko" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:32 PM Subject: [NF] Off-by-one Error
At 17:42 2009-11-29, "Ricardo Aráoz" <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] >BTW, I'm Ricardo XIV (yes, there were 14 Ricardos before me and I'm >insecure enough to mention it. So what!) Unless the Ricardo-numbering started at 0, there were 13 Ricardos before you. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko Similarly Europeans start numbering at 1 for birthdays so that on the day one is born, he is one-year old. We in the U.S. are more logical and start numbering at 0 for birthdays. Works the same way in computer addressing where numbering usually starts at 0 and one calculates the offset from there. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ee7c7f2ffbd04c8893d8b57d8bbc9...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
