Resend: Loan payments vs financial calculator mismatch

Elizabeth Dodd edodd at billiau.net
Mon Oct 19 19:52:55 EDT 2009


On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:17:18 +1100 Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Robert Heller wrote:
> > > A "fencepost error" is a computer science term (well a geeky term) that
> > > refers to an off-by-one error.  Imagine this problem: you need to build
> > > a fence that is 100 meters long with fenceposts every 10 meters.  How
> > > many fenceposts will you need?  Hint: 10 is the wrong answer!
> >
> > geez Robert - when I was a kid (a long time ago) it was the telegraph
> > pole problem...
>
> I guess it still is.  But "fencepost error" seems to be what landed in
> the "Hackers Dictionary" (http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon_21.html).
> Wikipedia does list 'telegraph pole' and 'lamp-post' error as
> alternitive terms:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencepost_error#Fencepost_error
>

It was more than non-English speakers didn't recognise the (newer) term
so thanks Robert for pointing it out


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