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| From | "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Function Points |
| Date | 2012-09-01 16:36 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <k1trel$qi$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <2012Aug30.160847@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <7xmx1cmg1t.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <2250796.QNINORRiYk@sunwukong.fritz.box> <7xwr0d8xab.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <2000935.ViCZX3HiHH@sunwukong.fritz.box> |
"Bernd Paysan" <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:2000935.ViCZX3HiHH@sunwukong.fritz.box...
...
> which aren't prone to off-by-one errors like C's
>
> for(i=0; i<n; i++) {
> ...
> }
>
> statement
C's for() statement is not off-by-one. Who types the "i=0" and "i<n"? The
programmer does.
> (many people write "i<=n", because they count from 1..n,
>
Programmer's who expect 1...n when coding 0...n by using "i=0" and "i<=n"
are off-by-one. Those who want 1...n should do:
for(i=1; i<=n; i++) {
...
}
> [...] but in fact, C counts from 0..n-1).
That's not fact at all. C's for() doesn't count.
You're thinking of C's arrays which start indexing at zero. Some
programmers have mental problems understanding that the indexing doesn't
start at one.
But as for for(), it's the programmer who controls all aspects of for()'s
start and stop conditions. The programmer can select exactly what they
want:
0 ... n-1 i=0; i<n
0 ... n i=0; i<=n
1 ... n i=1; i<=n
1 ... n-1 i=1; i<n
x ... y i=x; i<=y
etc.
The third argument can be set to do all sorts of complex stuff, or simple
increment and decrement.
Rod Pemberton
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Re: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-08-22 07:07 +0200
Re: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-22 03:35 -0500
Re: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-08-22 14:06 -0700
Function Points (was: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-23 14:50 +0000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-23 11:43 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-25 14:13 +0000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-25 10:12 -0700
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Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-25 15:09 -0700
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-25 12:34 -1000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-25 16:43 -0700
Re: Function Points jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-08-25 18:05 -0700
Re: Function Points jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-08-25 20:34 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-26 03:24 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-25 22:44 -0700
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-25 21:19 -1000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-26 00:36 -0700
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-25 21:50 -1000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-26 01:08 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-26 23:20 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-26 19:33 -0700
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-27 13:34 -0500
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-27 22:38 +0200
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-28 02:45 -0500
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-27 18:14 -0700
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-27 18:24 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-30 14:22 +0000
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-28 03:07 -0500
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-28 08:18 -0700
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-28 12:15 -0500
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-28 23:05 -0700
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-29 03:55 -0500
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-27 22:28 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-27 20:26 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-28 23:17 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-29 01:13 -0700
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-29 02:23 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-30 02:59 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-29 22:18 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-30 20:44 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-31 01:29 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-31 09:33 +0000
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-30 02:58 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-29 19:39 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-30 14:10 +0000
Re: Function Points gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2012-08-30 20:08 -0700
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-30 17:47 -1000
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-27 13:43 -1000
Re: Function Points "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2012-08-27 12:14 +0100
Re: Function Points Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-27 05:12 -0700
Re: Function Points "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2012-08-27 15:52 +0100
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-26 13:09 +0000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-27 20:52 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-30 14:08 +0000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-30 10:43 -0700
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-30 08:25 -1000
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-08-30 22:42 +0200
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-08-31 01:23 -0400
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-31 03:08 -0500
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-08-31 18:56 -0400
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-01 02:35 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-31 23:52 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-01 14:27 +0000
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-01 14:18 +0000
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-01 17:45 +0200
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-01 16:14 +0000
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-01 19:13 +0200
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-09-02 03:19 -0500
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-01 16:18 -0400
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-02 03:04 +0200
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-02 04:02 -0400
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-02 17:40 +0200
Re: Function Points jim@rainbarrel.com - 2012-09-02 10:32 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-02 20:49 +0200
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-02 16:33 -0400
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-02 17:03 -0400
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-02 09:02 -1000
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-02 16:35 -0400
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-02 13:42 -1000
Re: Function Points jim@rainbarrel.com - 2012-09-02 16:54 -0700
Re: Function Points Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 00:29 -0700
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-03 01:30 -0400
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-02 21:21 -1000
Re: Function Points jim@rainbarrel.com - 2012-09-03 10:37 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-04 07:14 +0000
Re: Function Points Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-09-03 21:12 +0200
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-03 17:32 -0400
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-03 17:51 -0400
Re: Function Points John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 22:37 -0700
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-04 04:25 -0400
Re: Function Points John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 07:35 -0700
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-05 02:13 -0400
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-04 20:18 -1000
Re: Function Points John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 10:56 -0700
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-05 16:11 -0400
Re: Function Points John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 14:07 -0700
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-02 16:27 -0400
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-03 00:52 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-02 16:28 -0700
Re: Function Points jim@rainbarrel.com - 2012-09-02 16:48 -0700
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-02 20:21 -0400
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-02 14:45 -1000
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-03 01:12 -0400
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-02 21:26 -1000
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-03 01:06 -0400
Re: Function Points Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-31 03:29 -0700
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-31 10:35 +0000
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-08-31 18:49 -0400
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-01 14:49 +0000
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-09-01 08:36 -1000
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-01 16:11 -0400
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-03 01:58 +0200
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-01 17:54 +0200
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-01 16:19 -0400
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-02 03:05 +0200
Re: Function Points Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-08-31 23:10 +0200
Re: Function Points "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-31 15:50 -1000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-01 10:31 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-01 21:52 +0200
Re: Function Points "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-09-01 16:36 -0400
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-01 14:36 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-02 03:30 +0200
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-02 23:15 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-02 15:02 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-03 01:50 +0200
Re: Function Points jim@rainbarrel.com - 2012-09-02 16:57 -0700
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-03 23:11 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-04 14:30 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-04 10:14 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-04 22:10 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-06 00:19 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-06 17:48 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-06 12:01 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-06 22:02 +0200
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-06 14:19 -0700
Heap (was: Function Points) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-07 11:30 +0000
Re: Heap (was: Function Points) Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-07 18:12 +0200
Re: Heap (was: Function Points) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-07 16:48 +0000
Re: Heap (was: Function Points) Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-07 21:34 +0200
Re: Heap Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-09-07 22:04 +0100
Re: Heap anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-08 11:52 +0000
Re: Heap Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-08 22:48 +0200
Re: Heap (was: Function Points) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-08 12:11 +0000
priority queue (was: Function Points) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-09-03 11:46 +0000
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-03 15:03 +0200
Re: Function Points mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-09-03 22:36 +0200
Re: Function Points mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-09-06 20:27 +0200
Re: Function Points Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-09-02 04:00 -0500
Re: Function Points visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-09-03 10:40 -0700
Re: Function Points Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-03 20:26 +0200
Re: Function Points Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-08-27 11:49 -0400
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-27 09:16 -0700
Re: Function Points Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-08-28 22:46 +0000
Re: Function Points jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-08-28 16:06 -0700
Re: Function Points Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-08-28 20:50 -0400
Re: Function Points anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-26 12:59 +0000
Re: Function Points Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-26 22:24 -0700
Re: Function Points (was: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages) John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 15:02 -0700
Re: Function Points (was: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-25 14:57 +0000
Re: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-08-22 08:07 -0400
Re: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-08-22 08:12 -0700
Re: Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2012-08-22 07:37 -0700
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