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From: uday@mips.COM (Robert Redford)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: 0-based/1-based arrays
Message-ID: <1927@mips.mips.COM>
Date: 23 Mar 88 20:04:39 GMT
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In article <4089@ihlpf.ATT.COM>, nevin1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (00704a-Liber) writes:
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> They are given a numbering system so that they can be distinguished and
> referred to distinctly (do people really talk about the nth memory cell??
> :-)).  


   YES. People REALLY talk about the nth memory cell.


> Choosing a system that is related to the physical voltages needed is
> a good choice, not bad.


   Nobody said it was a bad choice.


> BTW, what does this have to do with 0/1 based arrays???  :-) :-)


    It has probably something to do with how one accesses the array elements.

    Perhaps the array specification should include both the upper and the lower
    bound. 
    

 
                                               ..Uday