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  What I Hate About Your Programming Language
Subject:   C, C++, Java, maybe others - zeroth element arrays
Date:   2003-05-14 09:29:51
From:   anonymous2
Response to: C, C++, Java, maybe others - zeroth element arrays

I will assume your response was *not* tongue-in-cheek. (I posted the message you replied to.)


Are you suggesting that *not* using zero means we may run out of digits? Ridiculous. Zero is not an element number - it is an offset.


This is an example of bending the humans to the machine, rather than bending the machine to the humans. IMHO, a fundamental mistake in the approach.
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  • C, C++, Java, maybe others - zeroth element arrays
    2003-05-14 09:55:38  anonymous2 [View]

    The "Why waste a perfectly good digit?" bit was tongue-in-cheek.

    But I've been programming so long I really can't imagine not using zero. It's second nature to me now.

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