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| Jul 22, 2025 at 13:25 | answer | added | RARE Kpop Manifesto | timeline score: -2 | |
| Sep 6, 2024 at 18:32 | answer | added | Géry Ogam | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 28, 2024 at 14:06 | history | edited | smci | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 4, 2023 at 4:21 | history | edited | Karl Knechtel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 5, 2019 at 0:47 | comment | added | dreftymac | I'm too old to care about why anymore in this industry. If too many people have to ask why, then you're probably dealing with a religious war. What I wish for is an answer to how do I easily get the alternate behavior, since (outside of religious wars) reasonable people can and do differ. stackoverflow.com/questions/29596045/… | |
| May 7, 2018 at 8:09 | answer | added | Wong Jia Hau | timeline score: 31 | |
| Jan 24, 2015 at 21:42 | answer | added | jamesdlin | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 31, 2014 at 13:59 | answer | added | Nigel Tufnel | timeline score: 49 | |
| Jul 21, 2012 at 11:18 | history | edited | svick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 6, 2012 at 18:41 | comment | added | Russell Borogove | Here's Edsger Dijkstra's lovely handwritten explanation of why the half-open zero-based interval convention is the best choice for computer programming: cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 18:04 | answer | added | Levon | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 16:49 | comment | added | martineau | Regardless of why they're that way, you can always write your own similar ones that are inclusive if you need that functionality a lot. | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 15:13 | history | edited | ecatmur |
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| Jul 6, 2012 at 15:10 | comment | added | ecatmur | Here's a discussion on why Python uses half-open intervals: groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/comp.lang.python/… | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 14:59 | answer | added | Toomai | timeline score: 62 | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 14:53 | comment | added | Sven Marnach | Closely related: Numpy Indexing - Questions on Odd Behavior/Inconsistencies | |
| Jul 6, 2012 at 14:49 | history | asked | wap26 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |