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Re:9 truths that computer programmers know that most people ... by wazari972 on Sunday March 08, 2015 @03:22AM (#9164905)
starting counting at 0 is mainly because

    start + index * offset
points to `start` when `offset` is 0 (ie, array indexing in C and other languages with 'direct' memory access).

Any other reason?

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