[Edu-sig] Re: In defense of 0, was Re: None potato, one potato, two potato, more..

[Christopher A. Craig]

"Kirby Urner" <urnerk at qwest.net> writes:

> > [2] would indicate the item sitting 2cm from the beginning (c)
> > 
> > [0:3] would indicate the items from the beginning (0) to 3 cm from the
> > beginning (i.e. a,b,c)
> > 
> 
> From 0 to 2 cm from the beginning, no? 
> 

No, though 'c' lies 2cm from the beginning, it does not fall between 0
and 2cm because if you stop at 2cm you haven't yet passed it (since
we're imagining each item being 1cm wide and it lies between 2cm and
3cm).

0 a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 e 5


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