On 2/22/06, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 16:58 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > >>However, since computers always start counting with 0 it was natural > >>for programming languages to do the same. This is just one example of > >>how that shows to the users. > > > > > > More like programmers never really put any good thought into what they > > were doing. The number of times I recall having to fix up someone's FOR > > A = 0 TO 10 sort of things so they'd count the right number of times... > > > > How many fingers am I holding up...? > > Eight, and two thumbs. But there are only nine gaps between them... > > Fence post error! > > Mike Are thumbs not fingers? I have a broken one now- so would it be inacurate to say that I had broken a finger? By the way, if you hold one hand in front of the other, you can hold up ten fingers with only eight gaps between them! Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/why_are_internet_greeting_cards_dangerous.html
