Slicing history?

[Aahz]

In article <667394cb-d505-4906-8c6b-ab2d361b3a4d at j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Mark Dickinson  <dickinsm at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Nov 15, 6:50=A0pm, a... at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
>>
>> Anyone remember or know why Python slices function like half-open
>> intervals? =A0I find it incredibly convenient myself, but an acquaintance
>> familiar with other programming languages thinks it's bizarre and I'm
>> wondering how it happened.
>
>Sounds like an excuse to post this Dijkstra link:
>
>http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF

Many thanks!
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