Re: 1-based indexing in Lua
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- Subject: Re: 1-based indexing in Lua
- From: Jorge <xxopxe@...>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 16:15:30 -0300
On 03/04/18 10:25, Oliver Kroth wrote:
When I count things, let's say, cows, I start with the first cow and
say "one", second cow "two", third cow counted "three"...
I would not start with the first cow and say "zero", I say "zero" when
there is no cow at all.
A zero-th cow is the cow in the empty corral, and actually "not a cow"...
I actually pulled this one on a pushy undergrad student. I made him
count fingers. "Now, point me the first finger, the number one. Have you
noticed 'third' and 'three' sound very similar? Is it coincidence or is
there a reason?".