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0 pointsgoatlover1y ago0 comments

Then why do the scientific computing languages start at 1? Fortran started at 1 before C was invented.

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It's a misguided attempt to appeal to mathematicians.

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0 pointsgoatlover1y ago0 comments

Then why do the scientific computing languages start at 1? Fortran started at 1 before C was invented.

It's a misguided attempt to appeal to mathematicians.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse