Therefore, with the concept of 'zero' in mind, I'm going to revisit the parent statement: If I hold up my fingers to indicate elements in an array, zero finger

Therefore, with the concept of 'zero' in mind, I'm going to revisit the parent statement: If I hold up my fingers to indicate elements in an array, zero fingers means the array is empty. One finger is then, naturally, the first item: of index 1. Counting elements starting at zero (for the first element) is still unnatural...