• Traister101@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    So what’s 0 do then? I’m okay with wacky indexes (I’ve used something with negative indexes for a end-index shorthand) but 0 has to mean something that’s actually useful. Using the index as the offset into the array seems to be the most useful way to index them.

    • labsin@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      I’d say the index is actually an offset is a reasoning for explaining why it should start at 1. If index was an index, I’d just start at 1.

      I don’t think any one is better than the other, but history chose 0.

      That you can choose it in VB is probably the worst option :D