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which has always struck me as a much better idea than having arrays always starting at 0. | which has always struck me as a much better idea than having arrays always starting at 0. | ||
[[User:Jstout|Jstout]] ([[User talk:Jstout|talk]]) 20:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC) | [[User:Jstout|Jstout]] ([[User talk:Jstout|talk]]) 20:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Why the swipe at Ada? I don't know about "the programming language of the future", but it's not a historical footnote either. It's used in many safety critical systems such as flight control, trains, even banking, and not just because that's what was used in the past. This language is still heavily used in these areas and is still being updated under MIL-STD and ISO.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.185|108.162.217.185]] 15:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC) | ||
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In Pascal you define the lower and upper bounds of an array when you declare it, e.g.,
anArray[-5 .. 5] OF integer
which has always struck me as a much better idea than having arrays always starting at 0. Jstout (talk) 20:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Why the swipe at Ada? I don't know about "the programming language of the future", but it's not a historical footnote either. It's used in many safety critical systems such as flight control, trains, even banking, and not just because that's what was used in the past. This language is still heavily used in these areas and is still being updated under MIL-STD and ISO.--108.162.217.185 15:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
