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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Wouldn't it be nice if documentation used the words index and offset consistently?

[–] dohpaz42 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] affiliate 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i wonder why people haven’t made a language that starts indexing at 2 yet. maybe some day

[–] jaybone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe this could be a feature in brainfuck or COBOL.

[–] affiliate 2 points 1 day ago

god i hope so

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