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Re:Why do arrays start at 0? by woojoo666 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @05:21PM (#32585935)
I like how the article summarizes this idea:

> These all point to one reason why 0-indexing might be preferred: it matches machine semantics more

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Re:Why do arrays start at 0? by kergonath on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @05:26PM (#32586002)
But then of course the reason why 1-indexing is better (or really, arbitrary indexing, which is even better) is that it matches human semantics better.
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