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

[breamoreboy at gmail.com]

On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 12:53:55 PM UTC+1, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Gregory Ewing:
> 
> > 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...
> 
> Well, it could be worse. This layout is pretty traditional:
> 
>     1  3  5
>     |  |  |
>     +--+--+
>     |  |  |
>     2  4  R
> 
> 
> Marko

There was the shift on the steering column on the 2CV, but then there's also this.

<very old joke>
Traditional Italian military vehicle layout.

     1  3  5
     |  |  |
     +--+--+
     |  |  |
     2  4  F

</very old joke>

Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence.