top | item 43264257 (no title) aqueueaqueue | 1 year ago Yeah but why wasn't that converted to human 1 based indexing at the machine code level or assembly in early machines?Maybe because they didn't want to "hide the bicycle gears"? discuss order hn newest IshKebab|1 year ago No, it's because it doesn't make any sense to do that. It would add a ton of complexity for no benefit. robertlagrant|1 year ago It does make some sense: if I have some apples, and I ask a child to count them, they'll address each one starting with the number 1, not the number 0. load replies (1)
IshKebab|1 year ago No, it's because it doesn't make any sense to do that. It would add a ton of complexity for no benefit. robertlagrant|1 year ago It does make some sense: if I have some apples, and I ask a child to count them, they'll address each one starting with the number 1, not the number 0. load replies (1)
robertlagrant|1 year ago It does make some sense: if I have some apples, and I ask a child to count them, they'll address each one starting with the number 1, not the number 0. load replies (1)
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