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minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·14 hours agoThe problem is that they both are contextual and can mean any position in a list/array. The starting index or starting offset is generally zero, but could be one, depending on the language used.
minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agoi wonder why people haven’t made a language that starts indexing at 2 yet. maybe some day
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoMaybe this could be a feature in brainfuck or COBOL.
The problem is that they both are contextual and can mean any position in a list/array. The starting index or starting offset is generally zero, but could be one, depending on the language used.
i wonder why people haven’t made a language that starts indexing at 2 yet. maybe some day
Maybe this could be a feature in brainfuck or COBOL.
god i hope so