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I like 1-index because its what I learned first, and you like 0-index because that's what you learned first
We just need to compromise, arrays start at 0.5
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My hot take: There is no such thing as 0-index. If you start with 1 it's an index, of you start with 0 it's an offset.
TBF everyone in school learn to start counting at 1, then they unlearn that in programming. There are also some objective reasons to use 0-based indexing https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD831.html
I learned BASIC first, so... no.
And 0-index is what's real. If you have ever touched hardware that's 1-indexed, your retro hobbies are even more esoteric than mine.
I learnt 0-index, still think 1 is more intuitive
i respect that
I like 0 index because it is 2hat is used under the hood. The index is not really an index but rather an offset from the array pointer.