30 Mar
2006
30 Mar
'06
8:19 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 11:10:26PM +0200, Christoph Eckert ce-at-christeck.de |LAU|
wrote:
That doesn't matter. It's the difference between cardinal and ordinal
numbers. Even in computers, cardinal numbers (those designating a
quantity) use 0 for none and 1 for, well, 1. Ordinal numbers (those
that number things sequentially) always begin at 0 for the first item,
as far as the computer is concerned.
Chuck
Computers
count from zero. Always have, always will.
yes, of course, I know.
But it is possible to hide this in user interfaces. IMHO the machines
have to serve the humans, not the other way around.
How many mails are you reading right now, 0 or 1 ;-) ?