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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by henfredemars@infosec.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

I've heard a lot of arguments in favour of starting at 1 and as a "start at 0" person, I'm starting to question my beliefs and am as confused as I was at 3 am when I saw my cat piss from inside her litter box onto the parquet flooring and then slip on it.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 43 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not indexing at zero seems like a waste of a perfectly good integer.

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea ther is a big difference between indexing and counting

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Element 0 is the first element of the list

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