[REBOL] Re: Millennium + 1 ...
From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 3-Jan-2001 20:03
Hello [lmecir--mbox--vol--cz]!
On 03-Gen-01, you wrote:
l> pick series1 0 ; == none
l> pick series1 -1 ; == 0
l> What do other Rebols think?
It is not that easy to give an answer IMHO. It is reasonable to
associate "first to the right" with 1 and "first to the left" with
-1, as mush as it is to place the numbers on an axis and refer to
the position 1, 0 or -1. It is a matter of conventions after all...
I think Carl made this decision (as opposed to any other language,
I think) because humans tend to think of positions as "the first",
the second
, "the first going back", etc. rather than "pos. 1",
pos 2
, "pos 0" etc.
Regards,
Gabriele.
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Gabriele Santilli <[giesse--writeme--com]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer
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