Is that forwards first or backwards first? (Re: unintuitive for-loop behavior)
BartC
bc at freeuk.com
Mon Oct 3 12:41:09 EDT 2016
On 03/10/2016 16:03, breamoreboy at gmail.com wrote:
> 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
>
> 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>
I don't get it. Shouldn't it be:
R R R
| | |
+--+--+
| | |
R R R
?
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Bartc
(It's OK, I'm Italian...)
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