> decades of programming languages choosing 0-based index is hard to ignore Yes - many file formats also work with zero-based indices, not to mention the hardw

> decades of programming languages choosing 0-based index is hard to ignore Yes - many file formats also work with zero-based indices, not to mention the hardware itself. One-based indexing is particularly problematic in Lua, because the language is designed to interoperate closely with C - so you're frequently switching between indexing schemes.