Re:The Nightmare Bicycle
by robertlagrant on Monday March 10, 2025 @08:57AM
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> Yeah that's because the distinction between indexing and counting is pretty much irrelevant to every day use
No it's not. Telling the time or measuring something is 0-indexed. But identifying a thing in a list is 1-indexed.
Yeah that's because the distinction between indexing and counting is pretty much irrelevant to every day use, and to maths where you can just hand-wave syntax. So people are very used to doing it "wrong".
That's what most of the issue with this debate is. Indexing from 1 is wrong, but people are soooo used to it they just can't get over what they think is the "normal" way.