Talk:163: Donald Knuth - Revision history

FaviFake at 14:31, 11 May 2025

2025-05-11T14:31:33Z

Charlielutra24: Extra element to the joke?

2025-05-11T13:16:19Z

Extra element to the joke?

141.101.77.182: Additional remark about BASICs array index behaviour in old versions of BASIC.

2020-04-29T16:41:05Z

Additional remark about BASICs array index behaviour in old versions of BASIC.

Xkcdreader52 at 15:25, 29 June 2018

2018-06-29T15:25:36Z

108.162.245.140 at 03:29, 24 December 2015

2015-12-24T03:29:53Z

Suspender guy at 20:28, 9 October 2015

2015-10-09T20:28:32Z

108.162.217.185 at 15:33, 18 January 2015

2015-01-18T15:33:47Z

Jstout: Note on Pascal arrays

2014-02-18T20:41:48Z

Note on Pascal arrays

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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.
[[User:Jstout|Jstout]] ([[User talk:Jstout|talk]]) 20:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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	I feel like there’s an extra element to the joke not represented here? “Different tasks call for different conventions”: There are also different social conventions involved when casually asking a professor a question vs. rappelling through their skylight to ask that question! Am I crazy or is this valid?		I feel like there’s an extra element to the joke not represented here? “Different tasks call for different conventions”: There are also different social conventions involved when casually asking a professor a question vs. rappelling through their skylight to ask that question! Am I crazy or is this valid?
		+	:Could you elaborate? --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 14:31, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

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	Not related to the comic, but I think this is where the comic begins to look more detailed compared to the last 161 strips. I am talking about the art style. It is starting to look like the more familiar 400-current strips.Boeing-787lover 15:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)		Not related to the comic, but I think this is where the comic begins to look more detailed compared to the last 161 strips. I am talking about the art style. It is starting to look like the more familiar 400-current strips.Boeing-787lover 15:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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		+	I feel like there’s an extra element to the joke not represented here? “Different tasks call for different conventions”: There are also different social conventions involved when casually asking a professor a question vs. rappelling through their skylight to ask that question! Am I crazy or is this valid?

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 :Wikipedia verifies your claims. Removed. [[User:Suspender guy|Suspender guy]] ([[User talk:Suspender guy|talk]]) 20:28, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 :Same is true of BASIC; you can specify any range, including negative numbers (I have used this). I program in C as well though --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.140|108.162.245.140]] 03:29, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 Not related to the comic, but I think this is where the comic begins to look more detailed compared to the last 161 strips. I am talking about the art style. It is starting to look like the more familiar 400-current strips.Boeing-787lover 15:25, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

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	:Same is true of BASIC; you can specify any range, including negative numbers (I have used this). I program in C as well though --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.140\|108.162.245.140]] 03:29, 24 December 2015 (UTC)		:Same is true of BASIC; you can specify any range, including negative numbers (I have used this). I program in C as well though --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.140\|108.162.245.140]] 03:29, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Not related to the comic, but I think this is where the comic begins to look more detailed compared to the last 161 strips. I am talking about the art style. It is starting to look like the more familiar 400-current strips.Boeing-787lover 15:25, 29 June 2018 (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)		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)
	:Wikipedia verifies your claims. Removed. [[User:Suspender guy\|Suspender guy]] ([[User talk:Suspender guy\|talk]]) 20:28, 9 October 2015 (UTC)		:Wikipedia verifies your claims. Removed. [[User:Suspender guy\|Suspender guy]] ([[User talk:Suspender guy\|talk]]) 20:28, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
		+	:Same is true of BASIC; you can specify any range, including negative numbers (I have used this). I program in C as well though --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.140\|108.162.245.140]] 03:29, 24 December 2015 (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)		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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	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)