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From: random832@fastmail.com (Random832)
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:12:07 -0400
Subject: [TUHS] Array index history
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On Thu, Jun 8, 2017, at 19:41, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Ron Natalie wrote:
> > DIM X(10) gave you ten elements from 1...10
> 
> All M$ dialects that I am aware of start at 0 by default.

In fact, they give you eleven elements from 0 to 10, which means that
code which *uses* 1..10 is compatible but wastes some space.