That does not make the first problem 'problem 0'. Henry's problems are items, not in-betweens.
>________________________________ > Fra: Dan T. Abell <dab...@txcorp.com> >Til: Programming forum <programming@jsoftware.com> >Sendt: 21:21 lørdag den 17. december 2011 >Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] J Midterm exam 2011 > >Ahhh, yes. But what a great way to emphasise that we >begin at zero. We begin our first trip about the sun at >age zero. Before the baker add that first donut, the box >contains zero donuts. ... > >We programmers train ourselves (and future programmers) >to count the jumps, use indices to label the in-betweens >(including that pesky leading "in-between" we call '0'), >and then work to catch all our off-by-one errors. > > -Dan >:-P > >On 17 Dec 2011, at 12:54, Bo Jacoby wrote: > >> when kids count they still say: one two three > >-- >Dan T. Abell :: dabell at txcorp dot com :: 303.444.2452 >Tech-X Corp., 5621 Arapahoe Ave, Ste A, Boulder CO 80303 >http://www.txcorp.com :: 303.748.6894/c 303.448.7756/fx > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
