On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 08:19:11PM -0600, John Williams wrote:
: > I think we just need something really short and unconfusing for the
: > commonest cases,
:
: @a[ 42 ; -1 but last ]
:
: That reads pretty well, no?
:
: Maybe the other end isn't quite as good:
:
: @a[ 1 but first .. -2 but last ]
:
: Hmm. Should "-1 but last" or "0 but last" be the last element?
Well, hey, it almost makes sense to go with:
@a[0 but true .. -1 but false]
:-)
I'm still thinking A is the first one and Z is the last one. Someone
talk me out of it quick.
Larry
