> It's just how the base addresss of an array pointer memory block was referenced in C (and it spread from there). There was also the famous 1-pager by Dijkstr

> It's just how the base addresss of an array pointer memory block was referenced in C (and it spread from there). There was also the famous 1-pager by Dijkstra: "Why numbering should start at zero" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=777580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=777580