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Re^2: why the array index has to start at 0??by dsheroh (Monsignor) |
on Jun 23, 2009 at 12:12 UTC ( [id://773985]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The only other language I know which has such a bizarre mechanism is APL.
I don't know about current versions, but, back in the Visual Basic 3 era, VB had the option base statement which could be used to change the starting index of arrays. As I recall, even VB programmers quickly figured out that using it was generally a bad idea.
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