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minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-213 days agoGTFOH with that. 1-indexed arrays?! You monster. (Mostly joking… Ok, somewhat joking :P )
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoWriting Lua code that also interacts with C code that uses 0 indexing is an awful experience. Annoys me to this day even though haven’t used it for 2 years
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-212 days agoand MATLAB, Visual Basic (with Option Base 1), and SQL.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoThis is one of the few things that I really don’t like any Lua. It’s otherwise pretty decent and useful.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoVisual Basic used to let you choose if you wanted to start arrays at 0 or 1. It was an app-wide setting, so that was fun.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoI’ve not heard that name in a long time…
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoIt’s how I got into programming, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. Now it’s over 20 years later and I’m still coding.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoApple Basic (on an Apple IIe) was my first language that I recall. Didn’t have a computer powerful enough for VB until later. It does have a special place in my nostalgia zone but has also led so many astray.
GTFOH with that. 1-indexed arrays?! You monster.
(Mostly joking… Ok, somewhat joking :P )
Lua has entered the chat
Writing Lua code that also interacts with C code that uses 0 indexing is an awful experience. Annoys me to this day even though haven’t used it for 2 years
and MATLAB, Visual Basic (with
Option Base 1), and SQL.This is one of the few things that I really don’t like any Lua. It’s otherwise pretty decent and useful.
Visual Basic used to let you choose if you wanted to start arrays at 0 or 1. It was an app-wide setting, so that was fun.
I’ve not heard that name in a long time…
It’s how I got into programming, so I’ll always have a soft spot for it. Now it’s over 20 years later and I’m still coding.
Apple Basic (on an Apple IIe) was my first language that I recall.
Didn’t have a computer powerful enough for VB until later. It does have a special place in my nostalgia zone but has also led so many astray.