Anyone remember or know why Python slices function like half-open intervals? I find it incredibly convenient myself, but an acquaintance familiar with other programming languages thinks it's bizarre and I'm wondering how it happened. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
[on old computer technologies and programmers] "Fancy tail fins on a brand new '59 Cadillac didn't mean throwing out a whole generation of mechanics who started with model As." --Andrew Dalke -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list