--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
<snip>
>
> More precisely, when numbering things in computer
> languages the
> number is generally equated with the offset from the
> beginning.
> The first element of an array is naturally element 0
> because it
> is 0 places away from the beginning, etc.
<snip>
> But I never refer to element a[0] as the zeroth
> element. It is element
> *number* 0, but it is the *first* element.
>
> -Mark
I use "zeroth" frequently to refer to the zorth
element of an array.
And I tried a hundred rhymes for month,
and found one on the hundred-oneth.
--gary