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> 1-based indexing is inherently more natural for humans. Depends on what you are indexing. Time, for example, is very commonly represented as being 0-based by
by randomdata 6y ago
> 1-based indexing is inherently more natural for humans.
Depends on what you are indexing. Time, for example, is very commonly represented as being 0-based by humans.
- dnautics 6y agoSure, to the point where it's confusing when it's not (no year 0 e.g.)
- randomdata 6y agoMy culture uses 0-based ages, where in your first year on earth you are 0 years old and turn 1 after you have been alive for an entire year, but I am not sure age would be any more confusing if it were 1-based. I don't see anything fundamental there. Other cultures do use 1-based ages (you are 1 on the day you are born) and they seem to get along just fine. Whatever you are accustomed to is what seems natural.