You know arrays in BLitz as 0 indexed right?
For Y = 8 To 0 Step -1
Steps = 9-Y
For X = 0 To Steps-1
Array[X, Y+X] = BLAH
Next
Next
For X = 1 To 8
Steps = 9-X
For Y = 0 To Steps-1
Array[X+Y, Y] = BLAH
Next
Next
I hope those other two guys don't write example code for textbooks. :-)