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Re:Dijkstra: Why numbering should start at zero by TweedHeads on Friday August 21, 2009 @04:26PM (#778383)
"I am starting to think Dijkstra is about the worst thing ever happening to software development."

"0 based for spatial coordinates, 1 based for lists and character positions."

Sums up my thoughts pretty well.

The real reason we do zero-based counting in computers is because of bits, speed and laziness.

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Re:Dijkstra: Why numbering should start at zero by billswift on Friday August 21, 2009 @05:22PM (#778501)
And, of course, it provides an easy way to separate REAL PROGRAMMERS (TM) from everybody else.
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Re:Dijkstra: Why numbering should start at zero by TweedHeads on Friday August 21, 2009 @07:49PM (#778747)
In the same snarky tone, I'd say it helps to easily identify masochists in a herd of brilliant programmers.
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