From: Robert Parker <rlp1938@...>
Date: 2007-07-17T08:57:43+09:00
Subject: Re: The Pebble in the Ruby Shoe

On 7/16/07, Raphael Gillett <r.gillett@rational.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>

> The pebble in the Ruby shoe is the counter-intuitive use of indexing of
> elements of arrays, strings, etc., from 0 to n-1 instead of the more
> natural 1 to n.   Like prisoners who have got used to their chains, the
> Ruby community seems to have meekly accepted this impediment to clear
> thinking.   It is particularly puzzling that Ruby should hobble its
> users in this way, because it is manifestly unnecessary (e.g., Fortran
> and Pascal don't do it).

Anyone who has serious difficulty with 0 based arrays should consider
other employment. Food waiting, bar tending or similar would be a
better choice.