1-based counting would make binary very uncomfortable. b0 would be d1 and b1 would be d2. You would have the strange situation of needing more than 1 bit to re

1-based counting would make binary very uncomfortable. b0 would be d1 and b1 would be d2. You would have the strange situation of needing more than 1 bit to represent 0. Doesn't seem very intuitive to me, but that's due to familiarity more than anything I suppose.