“Why do arrays start at 0?"

From	Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++
Subject	“Why do arrays start at 0?"
Date	2022-08-26 15:49 -0500
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“Why do arrays start at 0?"
    https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/why-do-arrays-start-at-0/

"It's not the reason you think. No, it's not that reason either.”

My Fortran starts at one.  My C++ starts at zero.  This has made my life 
hell.

Lynn

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“Why do arrays start at 0?" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 15:49 -0500
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Gary Scott <garylscott@sbcglobal.net> - 2022-08-26 16:56 -0500
    Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-08-27 00:46 +0100
      Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" d thiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> - 2022-08-26 22:29 -0400
        Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 22:05 -0700
          Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-08-27 12:06 +0100
    Re: Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-27 14:28 +0000
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2022-08-26 16:08 -0600
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Gawr Gura <gawrgura@mail.hololive.com> - 2022-08-26 15:18 -0700
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc.corp> - 2022-08-27 00:44 +0100
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-27 05:47 +0000
    Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" d thiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> - 2022-08-27 15:19 -0400
      Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-27 22:22 +0000
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2022-08-27 21:26 +0200
    Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 15:01 -0500
      Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-27 22:24 +0000
        Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 22:40 -0500
          Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 22:07 -0700
          Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-28 07:50 +0000
            Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-28 11:52 +0200
          Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-28 19:43 +0300
      Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2022-08-28 10:01 +0200
        Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-08-28 08:14 +0000
  Re: “Why do arrays start at 0?" Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-08-28 11:07 +0200
  Re: ???Why do arrays start at 0?" Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-29 11:15 +0000

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