[Jprogramming] index origin 0

Wed Jul 28 18:23:31 HKT 2010

Here is an interesting definition of the origin of 0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_(number)
Rules of Brahmagupta is interesting
Zero divided by zero is zero.
2010年7月28日 bill lam <bbill.lam at gmail.com>:
> In that case I would imagine index origin 0 can be extended to
> negative indexing, while origin 1 cannot (without causing abnormality)
> if the intend of index origin 1 is to disallow position 0.
>> Втр, 27 Июл 2010, Roger Hui писал(а):
>> > How does APL interpret negative index for either index origin?
>>>> No APL I know of implements negative indexing.
>> It would be a consistent extension because it'd
>> replace an error with a result.
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