Yeah, it just feels wrong. Of course that's just habit and in fact starting counts at 1 is actually the more user-centric way of doing it.

I wish I could get used to Julia but for some reason I just think the source looks..ugly. Maybe it's my dark past with php that makes me shudder at the sight of avg(x) (instead of x.avg).

I know that's stupid (and the syntax is actually required for multiple dispatch). Maybe Julia and I should try couples' therapy.