Brian M. Scott wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:47:16 +1300, PaulJK > <paul.kriha@paradise.net.nz> wrote in > <news:hm7u3v$etu$1@news.eternal-september.org> in > sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > >> jmfbahciv wrote: > >>> Bob Myers wrote: > >>>> Andrew Usher wrote: > >>>>> Well, I'm astounded. Indexing from 0 is so obviously the Right Way >>>>> that I can't imagine why anyone would do it the other way. > >>>> Oh, absolutely. Why, I see people in the stores every day, >>>> counting out their money or the number of items they're >>>> going to purchase, and saying to themselves "Zero, one, two..." > >>>> ;-) > >>> Especially when the clerk counts change. I'm sure Usher wouldn't >>> object when he gets a dollar short. > >> Would he perhaps see some value in minting zero cent coins? > > Probably: after all, its zero sense. > <GROAN> ;-).
