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You're assuming I'm wrong. Show me where kids are taught to count starting at zero.
by mikec3010 8y ago
You're assuming I'm wrong. Show me where kids are taught to count starting at zero.
- celrod 8y ago"taught to count" I think that is the key. "1, 2, 3. There are 3 apples." is a little easier than "0, 1, 2. There are 3 apples." Counting the first item as "1" total items leads to 1 being more natural in the same way that incrementing a pointer by 0 giving you the first element is more natural. The former is the abstraction layer most people are more familiar with.