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There are good reasons for zero-based indexing outside of pointer arithmetics: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/E...

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It's a well-known argument. It's also widely recognized as highly subjective, starting with the notion that upper bound must be exclusive.

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0 pointslayer83y ago0 comments

There are good reasons for zero-based indexing outside of pointer arithmetics: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/E...

It's a well-known argument. It's also widely recognized as highly subjective, starting with the notion that upper bound must be exclusive.

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