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| From | BartC <bc@freeuk.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 |
| Date | 2015-11-22 10:28 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n2s58k$gi2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <2df732fe-b6ed-47a2-b61d-30d45a7cab91@googlegroups.com> |
On 22/11/2015 02:50, G G wrote: > Just a curiosity about C starting array subscripts at 0 as > opposed to starting at 1. > > Did Kernaghan or Ritchie ever explain why they chose to > have array subscripts start a 0? > > Is there a thought behind it, like it's intuitive to think that > way when programming so close to the hardware (assembly > language), so to speak? Or was it thought to be a natural > starting position? Or just to be different from Pascal cause > of copyrights, intellectual property... ? > > Just curious. In comp.std.c, the on-going thread 'Proposal to remove forward declaration requirements' has a sub-thread on the subject, among other things. You might have a job finding it though. (First post mentioning starting at 0, by Rick C Hodgin, 19th Nov 2015, 15:24 GMT.) -- Bartc
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just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-11-21 18:50 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-21 19:31 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-22 00:15 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-22 07:20 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 16:22 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-22 08:44 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-22 10:37 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 15:50 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-22 11:02 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 16:15 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-22 16:42 +1300
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-11-21 19:55 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-23 11:01 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-23 19:18 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-23 11:26 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-23 22:54 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-23 18:37 -0600
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-24 15:22 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-24 15:13 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-22 01:21 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-22 15:00 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-22 10:15 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-23 13:47 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-23 14:50 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-23 12:01 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-23 12:12 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-23 12:57 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-23 23:08 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 bert <bert.hutchings@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-23 08:52 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 15:42 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-22 12:36 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 21:06 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 10:28 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-11-22 12:04 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-22 11:24 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 04:29 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 see.my.homepage@gmail.com - 2015-11-22 04:54 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-22 13:43 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-22 11:04 -0500
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2015-11-22 15:29 +0000
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-22 14:06 -0800
Re: just a curiosity about starting array indexing at 0 as opposed to 1 John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2015-11-23 07:49 -0800
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