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Subject: Re: What is the history behind Natural'First = 0 ?
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On Sun, 03 May 2020 20:02:22 -0700, Keith Thompson
<Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> declaimed the following:


>The 1980 edition had the same thing.  I know there was another
>preliminary version in 1982 (before the first official standard in
>1983), but I don't know what it said.

	What is your definition of "official standard"? MIL-STD-1815 and 1815A
/are/ official standards -- just not international standards.

	ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A (dated 22 Jan 1983, approved 17 Feb 1983
"superseding MIL-STD-1815 10 Dec 1980") has the 0-based NATURAL and 1-based
POSITIVE.


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