I think Maxima shouldn't be viewed from a programmers point of view but from a view of a
user who wants to use a tool for mathematics but hasn't learnt any programming language.
So indexing 1-based is OK to me.
Volker van Nek
Am 13 Nov 2007 um 16:43 hat Stavros Macrakis geschrieben:
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> On Nov 13, 2007 3:21 PM, apeditedirra unasaltao <pi_e_dra at yahoo.es> wrote:
> suggestion: 0-based lists (like every other language)
>
> Traditional mathematical/engineering notation has 1-based indexing for vectors (which are
> represented as lists in Maxima) and matrices, as do many mathematically-oriented programming
> languages, such as Fortran and Matlab. Some mathematicians promote 0-based indexing, but
> that has not become mainstream.
>
> -s