On: Why do arrays start at 0?

[wizofaus]

I'm not confusing them, my point about abbreviating "first" as 1st was that in typical speech we start counting at 1. Nobody says "let's start with item zero on the list". But programmers are stuck with having to say/think "item 0 in the array".

[lokedhs → wizofaus]

I don't disagree with you. I just don't think a programmer should be confused about the statement "item 0 is the 1'st item".