On 05/12/02 02:45 -0800, Michael G Schwern wrote: > I'm going to ask something that's probably going to launch off into a long, > silly thread. But I'm really curious what the results will be so I'll ask > it anyway. Think of it as an experiment. > > So here's your essay topic: > > Explain how having indexes (arrays, substr, etc...) in Perl 6 start at 0 > will benefit most users. Do not invoke legacy. [1]
With languages like Perl that have negative subscripts, using a zero base gives continuity. @INC[-2..2] should continue to DWIM. Cheers, Brian
