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by ssivark 2670 days ago
No, IIUC, my explanation is nothing like what's mentioned in that comment. I'm trying to argue that it behooves us to use indices which conveniently model the problem domain, not some holy system where the head always starts with zero. I gave several examples to the effect, where zero based, one based, or different offset indexing makes sense. If you're really curious to continue the discussion, feel free to reach out via email (refer my profile). This thread is become unwieldy.