I believe this is one of computing's oldest bugs. It used to be compared=20
to counting fence posts. It is best remembered as N +1.  Of course you=20
will eventually encounter a circular buffer and find you have a leftover=20
fence post...
John

On 8/22/2014 11:15 AM, RussellMc wrote:
> On 23 August 2014 02:49, David C Brown <dcb.home@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes there are eight keys in an octave but inly seven intervals between
>> keys.  Since an "octave" is an interval made up of those seven smaller
>> intervals it would logically be called ot a septade or heptade.   To cal=
l
>> it an octave is as logical as saying that a fence with eight posts a met=
re
>> apart is eight metres long.
>>
>
> And how many keys are there in two octaves ? :-)
>
>
>           R

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