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Why numbering should start at zero (1982)
There's not much reason in a high-level language to start at 0. Humans reason about iteration in terms of the natural numbers.
wnoise
on Jan 27, 2020
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That doesn't help: mathematicians have two definitions for "the natural numbers", one starting at zero, and one at one.
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on Jan 28, 2020
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The languages designed for scientific computing, which make heavy use of math libraries, start at 1.
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It's very clear which definition I'm using. No need to be so pedantic.
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