On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Martin Gregorie <mar...@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote: > In a higher level language 1-based indexing is just as limiting as 0- > based indexing. What you really want is the ability to declare the index > range to suit the problem: in Algol 60 it is very useful to be able to > declare something like: > > real sample[-500:750];
Ugh, no. The ability to change the minimum index is evil. I don't much care whether a high-level language uses 0-based or 1-based indexing, but I do care that it is consistent. On the occasions when I am forced to use Visual Basic, the single biggest wart that drives me up a wall is constantly having to figure out whether the particular thing that I am currently indexing is 0-based or 1-based. Cheers, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
