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From: Andrew Usher on 22 Feb 2010 20:12 Joachim Pense wrote: > >>>> But 0 is the start of computer indexing - at least in real programs. 0 > >>>> = Sunday. > >>> > >>> Ahem. In low level, pointer oriented languages such as C and its > >>> family. And those who chose to imitate it. > >> > >> But not in the first language I used when working for a living (COBOL). > >> > > Nor FORTRAN DO statements. Most people start at 1. You can also > > write an off-by-1 bug in loops depending on whether you start the loop > > with 0 or 1. > > > > Neither Pascal. Well, I'm astounded. Indexing from 0 is so obviously the Right Way that I can't imagine why anyone would do it the other way. Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 22 Feb 2010 20:13 CDB wrote: > "The advantages of living with two cultures > Strike one at every turn, > Especially when one finds a notice in an office building > 'This elevator will not run on Ascension Day'; LOL! Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 22 Feb 2010 20:15 Evan Kirshenbaum wrote: > > mine, yours, his, hers, its,ours, theirs. > > > > Not one possessive pronoun has an apostrophe. > > One should be sure of one's facts before making such assertions. (Or > should that be "ones"?) 'One' is not, grammatically, a pronoun. It is a nominalised adjective (the number one) that is used in place of a pronoun. Andrew Usher
From: jimp on 22 Feb 2010 20:05 In sci.physics Andrew Usher <k_over_hbarc(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Peter Moylan wrote: >> Andrew Usher wrote: >> >> > I chose the Christian holidays because they are international, >> >> ??? > > They're more so than any other holidays, are they not? > > Andrew Usher Nope, New Years is celebrated by almost all countries and cultures. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.
From: Robert Bannister on 22 Feb 2010 20:22
PaulJK wrote: > Peter Moylan wrote: >> Halmyre wrote: >> >>> I just wish they'd settle on a date for Easter and be done with it. >> The present system might sound complicated, but it's a consistently >> reliable method - at least in Australia - for predicting the arrival of >> the first really rainy weekend in the year. This ensures that all the >> people who go camping for the long weekend will be rained out, year >> after year. > > Well, in New Zealand that prticular function is performed by Christmas. > > Often, the rain keeps regularly returning until the end of January/ > beginning of February when the kids go back to school after the > end of summer holidays. How unpleasant. We always have a "record" heat wave organised for the week the kids go back to school, but unfortunately, apart from the eastern states, we don't usually have rain between November and March. (All weather in Australia is a record, eg the hottest day since last Tuesday). -- Rob Bannister |