Andy Armstrong <a...@hexten.net> wrote: > On 13 May 2012, at 18:48, Michael G Schwern wrote: > > * Lists count from 0 > > * Everybody does it > > * Everybody's wrong > > * See also "let's just paste what C does" > > I find it very hard to live with Lua's 1-based arrays. I don't think > it's just familiarity - lots of index calculations work out > significantly more verbose and ugly with 1-based arrays.
There are good reasons to prefer a zero base with an open upper bound. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD831.html Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Fair Isle: Westerly or northwesterly 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 in north. High. Squally wintry showers. Moderate or poor.
