Agreed. On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 8:46 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The mistake in APL was to duck the issue by allowing both making > generalized indexing difficult. > > That is why I say "⎕io *delenda est*" and not "1-origin *delenda est*", > although I do have a preference. > > ⎕io *delenda est*! > > > > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 7:40 AM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > > > > This may change as now that so many people program and are used to an > index > > origin of zero. My point was not what the index origin should be when it > is > > only used to locate a element. One works well as does zero. The mistake > in > > APL was to duck the issue by allowing both making generalized indexing > > difficult. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
