lemmyreader to [email protected]English • 2 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-square71fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareatro_citylinkfedilink12•2 months agoProgrammer clutching their keyboards screaming “Arrays start at 0!”
minus-squareShaunaTheDeadlinkfedilink2•2 months agoOrdinals are largely used for counting and when you’re counting you kind of do start a zero, most people just don’t say it. When you count 1… 2… 3… it would work just as well to start 0… 1… 2… 3… So programmers can rest easy.
Programmer clutching their keyboards screaming “Arrays start at 0!”
Ordinals are largely used for counting and when you’re counting you kind of do start a zero, most people just don’t say it. When you count 1… 2… 3… it would work just as well to start 0… 1… 2… 3… So programmers can rest easy.