From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-09-30T22:40:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Range syntax theory


"Zach Dennis" <zdennis@mktec.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:415C0A1E.4050501@mktec.com...
> I have been thinking lately about rangess and I will give you the two
> different range operators and what comes to mind first.
>
> Operator One:    ..   (two dots)
> Example:    1..5
> What comes to mind: Exclusive
> How It Works:   Inclusive (the last number 5, is included)
>
> Operator Two:    ...   (three dots)
> Example:      1...5
> What comes to mind: Inclusive
> How It Works: Exclusive (the last number 5, is excluded)
>
> How range operators work seems sort of backwards to me. It would appear
> as if the "..." (three dots) would be the inclusive one, including the
> last value and the ".." (two dots) would be exclusive and exclude the
> last value.
>
> Am I off in my own little world here or have others pondered this?
> (Perhaps it has been brought up before?) I am not requesting a change on
> this, I am merely pointing out what seems unnatural in a very natural
> language.

I never thought about this but it seems you are right.  (Sometimes it
seems better to not think about everything :-)

    robert