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No.

But you need to see with eyes of a newbie. I mean what is the problem here, you did say it's just adding or subtracting a number whether it's 0, 1, -1 or 42? Should be trivial, right?

My guess while the change of indices is simple (altering ranges by a constant), it's going to be hard (requiring constant mental effort until it's internalized).



> I mean what is the problem here, you did say it's just adding or subtracting a number whether it's 0, 1, -1 or 42? Should be trivial, right?

Apparently I do need to comment but I don't think any human on earth has the words to convince you that, as a human, adding/subtracting by 1 is a billion times easier to understand than adding/subtracting 42.


> adding/subtracting by 1 is a billion times easier to understand than adding/subtracting 42.

Ok, then add start your indices with something else 1 or 2, -1 would be best but probably not well supported. Whatever you aren't used to.

Also why is substracting a small number such a problem? I never found adding/substracting 1, much more difficult than 42. It's just math.


> Also why is substracting a small number such a problem? I never found adding/substracting 1, much more difficult than 42. It's just math.

If the answer to your question is not self-evident, then I don't know of any words that will convince you.




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