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Yes, because language developed at a time where people didn't know about zero.

• oblio 4y ago
  Zero still would most likely wooldn't make sense. Zero is nothing, it can't be anything. Even ordinally. 1 is something and it fits very well for the first position... outside of programming :-)
  • xigoi 4y ago
    In 1-based indexing, the index of an item is the number of items you've already seen, including the one you're looking at. In 0-based indexing, the index of an item is the number of items you've already seen, excluding the one you're looking at.