@[email protected] to Programmer Humor • 2 days agoCompetition places start at 0lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down112
arrow-up1511arrow-down1imageCompetition places start at 0lemmy.world@[email protected] to Programmer Humor • 2 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 days agoIsn’t zero the same in base-2 as it is in base-10? Wouldn’t first place be 1, second place be 10, and third place 11?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 days agoGotcha. I guess that’s the difference between programmer humor and computer architect humor.
Isn’t zero the same in base-2 as it is in base-10? Wouldn’t first place be 1, second place be 10, and third place 11?
This is about indexes starting at 0, not about binary.
Gotcha. I guess that’s the difference between programmer humor and computer architect humor.