8 Jun
2017
8 Jun
'17
10:05 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Jun 2017, Robert Swierczek wrote:
Keep in mind that C was/is primarily a language to
write OS's and other
system level software. Hardware such as memory addresses, page tables,
disk sectors, etc. are all indexed from zero for very good reasons. I
would shudder to contemplate an implementation of the Unix V6 kernel in
a hypothetical C-with-one-based-arrays language.
Weren't the Burroughs mainframes implemented in Algol, likely with a
1-origin? Of course, I could be wrong (it was quite a few years ago since
I touched a B-1700)...
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."