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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Indexes start at 3. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

No no..... negative three

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

His index started like -6 or -4 (assuming he even existed).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I'll take it over 0, because it will force people to think with what arrays are populated. And if 1 index or 0index is appropriate instead of defaulting all arrays and loops at 0.