0-based lists



van Nek wrote:
> 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.

1-based is ok with me too, but as an engineer I find that I use 0-based 
more often.

I think that octave has some global variable that allows you to chose 
what you want.  I'm not proposing we do that, though.

> 
> Volker van Nek
> 
> Am 13 Nov 2007 um 16:43 hat Stavros Macrakis geschrieben:
> 
>> On Nov 13, 2007 3:21 PM, apeditedirra unasaltao <pi_e_dra at yahoo.es> wrote:
>>  suggestion: 0-based lists (like every other language)

Fortran defaults to 1-based if you're talking about arrays.

Ray