Timeline for Are zero-based column numbers an Emacs idiosyncrasy?
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| Mar 27, 2019 at 8:05 | comment | added | Harald Hanche-Olsen | Since arrays are zero-based in many languages, most(?) lisp dialects included, counting columns from zero may just have seemed the natural choice at the time. But not entirely consistent, since lines are counted starting at 1. My guess, though, is that only Richard Stallman can give an authoritative answer to this question. (Amusing aside: JavaScript counts months starting at zero. This catches many a JavaScript newbie unawares.) | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 4:09 | history | edited | Drew |
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| Mar 27, 2019 at 1:06 | comment | added | lawlist | It may behoove you to submit a link on reddit/Emacs reddit.com/r/emacs to this particular thread as it will attract one or more of the lead developers on the Emacs development team. Only a few of the core developers read (or at least actively participate) emacs.stackexchange.com. | |
| Mar 27, 2019 at 0:35 | history | asked | Lassi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |