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Re:Dijkstra: Why numbering should start at zero by g_ on Friday August 21, 2009 @11:59AM (#777773)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenness_of_zero

Learning that such article could exist (it DOES exist), and reading it was a shocking experience to me.

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Re:Dijkstra: Why numbering should start at zero by maweaver on Friday August 21, 2009 @02:37PM (#778158)
Relevant quote from the article:

'A second-year was "quite convinced" that zero was odd, on the basis that "it is the first number you count"'

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