This probably doesn’t belong on the programming since It is not programming. (So: please stop.)
That said, if you are sincerely interested in the topic, you might be able to find people talking about linguistic diversity somewhere and there’s a slight chance that discussion some of that would be worthwhile enough to leave a pointer on the chat forum. Thanks, — Raul On Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 'Bo Jacoby' via Programming < [email protected]> wrote: > I do not at all object against zero-origin indexing in J ! > But I do object against calling 'a' the "zeroth" element of the list > 'abcdefg' . > 'a' is the first element of the list 'abcdefg' . > 'a' may be the element having index zero, but it is not the "zeroth" > element of 'abcdefg' . > Nor is 'b' the first element, even if ('b'=1{'abcdefg') is true. 'b' is > the second element of 'abcdefg' . > Children counting to three say: "one, two, three". That can't and > shouldn't be reformed into "zero, one, two". > The winner of a race is number one - not number zero. > Zero is a cardinal number, but "zeroth" is neither a cardinal nor an > ordinal number. "Zeroth" is an abomination. > We must distinguish between indices and ordinals. > Thank you! > Bo. > Den mandag den 31. december 2018 21.19.43 CET skrev Björn Helgason < > [email protected]>: > > ascenseur/lift/lyfta/elevator/hiss start sometimes at 0 or 1 > the lowest often ground floor as 0 another 1 > sometimes skip 0 > go straight from the cellar -1 to the ground floor as 1 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
