One could say the same thing about DVD-R vs. DVD+R, or the Blu-ray  
DVD battle, too.

On Feb 18, 2007, at 8:55 PM, Daniel L. Taylor wrote:

> I've always felt that there must be a difference of opinion at RS  
> over whether "lists" should be indexed starting with 0 or with 1  
> given how RB objects can differ in this regard. But this example  
> takes the cake:
>
> RecordSet.IdxField is 1-based. But RecordSet.ColumnType is 0-based  
> even though it's not marked as such in the Language Reference. This  
> is within the same object refering to the same "list" of items!
>
> Like endian issues, you just wish someone, in the earliest days of  
> computing, had won the argument one way or the other, with everyone  
> following the rule forever forward. You don't care who or which  
> side, you just wish one had been picked :-)
>
> Daniel L. Taylor
> Taylor Design
> Computer Consulting & Software Development
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> www.taylor-design.com
>
>
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