> That's a very interesting generalization. There are plenty of *other*
cases
where one wants an ordinal, or some other kind of $n-1 value. If C<th>
(and
C<st>, C<nd>, C<rd>) was a "subtract one" operator, you could write:
my $n = prompt "How many elems? ";
print @array[1st..($n)th];
instead of the out-by-one-prone:
print @array[0..$n-1]
Not to be insolent here, but could it be that the C<th> ops be 'smart'
enough to recognize the various zero based (vs one based?) situations and
behave accordingly? Something like checking the (deprecated) $[ to see if
they are supposed to be n or n -1?
a
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