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Nearly all meaning the non-scientific computing ones, and particularly the ones with syntax inspired by C. Fortran, APL, Matlab, Wolfram, Mathematica, R, Julia,
by goatlover 5y ago
Nearly all meaning the non-scientific computing ones, and particularly the ones with syntax inspired by C. Fortran, APL, Matlab, Wolfram, Mathematica, R, Julia, Cobol, Smalltalk and Lua are all 1-based, at least by default.
- Scarblac 5y agoOr maybe not so much inspired by C, but inspired by similar arguments as Dijkstra makes in his "Why numbering should start at zero": https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD831.html https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/E....