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I think it's because the creator of the language was originally targeting mathematicians as the primary users. And they consider 1 to be the start of a numeric
by VWWHFSfQ 6y ago
I think it's because the creator of the language was originally targeting mathematicians as the primary users. And they consider 1 to be the start of a numerical range. It didn't start to become a "general purpose" programming language until later.