If you want something for non-techies, you pick something like Applescript. 0-based indexing is noob friendly because most cs algorithms use it so you can do a

If you want something for non-techies, you pick something like Applescript. 0-based indexing is noob friendly because most cs algorithms use it so you can do a straightforward translation. Would it be better to go with 1-based and make this harder for novice programmers? I don't think so.