On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:24:45 +0200, Lada Kugis <lada.ku...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm coming from fortran and c background so I'm certainly biased by >them. But if you could explain one thing to me: > >in fortran for example: >for i=1,n >goes from 1,2,3,4,...,n And of course, lapsus calami, this is wrong and it should go like: do 1 i=1,n ... goes from ... > >in python for example: >for i in range(1,n) >goes from 1,2,3,4,...,n-1 >(that is, it goes from 1 up to, but not including n) > >Why is that so ? What were the reasons for that "not including" part ? >It troubles me greatly, and I cannot see it's advantages over the >"standard" "up to and including" n. > >Best regards >Lada -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
