ext_124034 ([identity profile] fitzw.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] jducoeur 2008-07-24 07:10 pm (UTC)

Good explanation. Ordinal vs. cardinal numbers, 1st position vs. index/offset 0. We've gotten used to referring to things using particular conventions because many computer languages that we use refer to similar concepts a particular way.
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