Re: Why do programmers start counting from 0?
From: Dawn M. Wolthuis <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:45:20 -0600
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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:45:20 -0600
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<timothychung_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> One day, I started wondering why we start counting from 0 and couldn't
> find a good search string to get much out from google.com. Can anyone
> help me?
>
> One of the advantage I can think of is modulus of that number gives a
> more organised result.
>
> Or is it just because of binary representation of our number?
> Please help. Thanks. :)
My WAGuess would be that when looking at a string of zeros and 1's, the furthest right one would be the two to the zeroeth position, then 2 to the first, etc. Received on Sun Dec 12 2004 - 02:45:20 CET