Like, for(int i=0; i<10; i++) { // todo } OK well yes there can be bugs using the index and even C++ back when I was doing it had the Boost library which had for_each. In Java we got something similar back in Java 5 or 6. Also we have fancy stream operations now in Java 8 which took me the longest time to come to appreciate. The only down side is removed compatibility with other languages like C and C++ and C#, locking in the app to a specific language more.
There is on rare occasion, however, sometimes a problem that is solved more clearly or handily using indexing, similar to step indexing in BASIC.
One use case where I've seen stepped indexing useful is in the field of robotics, which uses step characteristics for synchros and servos.
That is correct. Glaciers melt constantly, new snow forms as moisture accumulates in higher elevations and condenses, falling as snow. The snow becomes the beginning of the glacier. It's a cycle that repeats. It is repeating right now, every year.
Agree with all of that, been saying it for years. Even people who aren't into the whole space exploration thing do agree that the Moon would be much better for the foreseeable future.
Citation? How long is the lag? Years? How long does it take to fill a bathtub? If so much ice is really, actually melting in the world and has been for years; no shoreline changes have occurred anywhere in the world, then that must be some amazing lag.
There is on rare occasion, however, sometimes a problem that is solved more clearly or handily using indexing, similar to step indexing in BASIC.
One use case where I've seen stepped indexing useful is in the field of robotics, which uses step characteristics for synchros and servos.