Knuk@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoHow many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement)message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareHow many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement)Knuk@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoMy inner computer scientist likes this framing, and understands its logic. My inner, and much less influential human being, hates it a lot AF.
minus-squareyoevli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoEven in the CS world, ordinal phrases are still 1-indexed (e.g. the first element of an array vs element 0).
minus-squareJDubbleulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s actually pretty common to say 0th index, but it depends a lot on context.
minus-squareyoevli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoSure, but that only applies when referring to indices or to the zeroth element specifically.
My inner computer scientist likes this framing, and understands its logic. My inner, and much less influential human being, hates it a lot AF.
Even in the CS world, ordinal phrases are still 1-indexed (e.g. the first element of an array vs element 0).
It’s actually pretty common to say 0th index, but it depends a lot on context.
Sure, but that only applies when referring to indices or to the zeroth element specifically.