I've just been caught out with Intervals - why can't you do: 
5 to: 1 do: [ :i | Transcript show: i printString]  (eg a negative interval)?

if you want to iterate down a series of numbers do you really have to do: 
5 to: 1 by: -1 do: […

I always assumed that if x > y the step was automatically -1 (but its not).

I asked on Discord - and someone pointed out that if you use variables it could 
be ambiguous - but is it really? I don’t know if other smalltalks do it this 
way (I vaguely recall Dolphin going down, but not sure).

Either way the Interval comment should mention this - and I’ll correct it when 
I get the wisdom of the crowd here.

Tim

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