Is that forwards first or backwards first? (Re: unintuitive for-loop behavior)

[Gregory Ewing]

Rustom Mody wrote:
> My new car goes in reverse when I put it in first gear but only on full-moon 
> nights with the tank on reserve when the left light is blinking

OT aside: When I went to take my current car (a manual)
for a test drive, I had to stop and ask the dealer how
to put it into reverse.

Turns out the only difference between first and reverse
on that model is whether you lift up a little ring on the
shaft of the gear lever prior to engagement.

Who came up with *that* brilliant piece of user interface
design I don't know. It seems specifically designed to
encourage velocity sign errors when starting off...

-- 
Greg