Is that forwards first or backwards first? (Re: unintuitive for-loop behavior)
breamoreboy at gmail.com
breamoreboy at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 13:00:36 EDT 2016
On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 5:41:23 PM UTC+1, BartC wrote:
> On 03/10/2016 16:03, 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
>
> ?
>
> --
> Bartc
>
> (It's OK, I'm Italian...)
A very poor design, what happens if the enemy attack from the rear? :)
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