[TweedHeads]

"I am starting to think Dijkstra is about the worst thing ever happening to software development."

"0 based for spatial coordinates, 1 based for lists and character positions."

Sums up my thoughts pretty well.

The real reason we do zero-based counting in computers is because of bits, speed and laziness.

[billswift]

And, of course, it provides an easy way to separate REAL PROGRAMMERS (TM) from everybody else.

[TweedHeads]

In the same snarky tone, I'd say it helps to easily identify masochists in a herd of brilliant programmers.