Re: Fence post error (was: CONLANG Digest -)

> > If you've heard about the "fence post error", you probably know that
some
> > programmers refer to the first element of an array, as the nullth.
However,
> > calling the 1th the "first" would be absurd, so some call that the
on(e)th.
> >  (nollte och ente elementet). However, I'm adviced to not do that.
>
> What's the fence post error? I assume those are C/C++ programmers, aren't
they?

How many fence posts do you need, if you have one / meter and ten meters?
That problem, will by several be answered with ten. However, the answer is
eleven.
That's the "fence post error".

In order not to confuse the different elements, they've been niftily
renamed.