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Re:Potential of the Julia programming language for high ener... by kelipso on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @08:52PM (#38539587)
Lol sorry but if you read it, Dijkstra's argument for 0-based indexing is literally that it looks prettier... I really wonder if anyone who has posted that link ever read the actual argument and thought about it critically.
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Re:Potential of the Julia programming language for high ener... by jampekka on Thursday December 07, 2023 @03:55AM (#38554348)
He gives various reasons and practical examples for it.
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Re:Potential of the Julia programming language for high ener... by kelipso on Saturday December 09, 2023 @08:40AM (#38581832)
One can give analogous reasons (literally his main reason is it looks nicer lol) and practical examples that looks nicer in 1-based indexing too. It's a terrible argument that somehow got memed over way too long a time. Probably because no one needs to read the text, just post the link and you're done.
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