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Re:Nelua Programming Language by newobj on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:51PM (#28295432)
Well, for starters, the arrays are 0-based, so ...
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Re:Nelua Programming Language by pull_my_finger on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:57PM (#28295490)
Arrays are 0 based, when tables are implemented they will be indexed from 1. I believe one of Nelua's design goals is that unaltered Lua code will be valid Nelua code.
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Re:Nelua Programming Language by renox on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @04:38AM (#28299258)
>Arrays are 0 based, when tables are implemented they will be indexed from 1

Really?? I can see all the "off by one" bugs already! I wonder if a tool to convert Lua to Nelua wouldn't be a better idea than making the language incoherent.

Or maybe always make the programmer select the offset like Ada does.

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