An introduction to the Julia language, part 1

Posted Sep 6, 2018 16:32 UTC (Thu) by mgb (guest, #3226)
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And yet in the real world beyond FORTRAN we do measure sizes starting with 0 for empty and we do measure locations starting from 0 inches, 0 miles, and 0 degrees.

An introduction to the Julia language, part 1

Posted Sep 21, 2018 18:32 UTC (Fri) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404) [Link] (3 responses)

I don't ever recall seeing a mile 0 mile marker on the road. Mile 1, Mile 500, etc, yes. Mile 0?

(Or kilometer, or feet, depending on your activity & country).

I will grant that, when diving, you can have a depth of zero, but that's the only example I can think of ..

I never climbed a zero foot rock wall. Or used a 0 foot rope when doing so.

Please elaborate with examples...

An introduction to the Julia language, part 1

Posted Sep 21, 2018 18:35 UTC (Fri) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

> I don't ever recall seeing a mile 0 mile marker on the road. Mile 1, Mile 500, etc, yes. Mile 0?

There's a particularly famous one in Key West, Florida. (At the start of US Highway 1)

An introduction to the Julia language, part 1

Posted Sep 21, 2018 18:40 UTC (Fri) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

Exit 0 on the Garden State Parkway ... Cape May, NJ ...

other places as well ...

jake

An introduction to the Julia language, part 1

Posted Sep 21, 2018 19:04 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

> I don't ever recall seeing a mile 0 mile marker on the road. Mile 1, Mile 500, etc, yes. Mile 0?
Lots of cities in Russia have them. There's a famous one in Moscow: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0_Kilometer_Point...