KnuktoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·6 months agoHow many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement)message-squarearrow-up154arrow-down18message-square64file-textfedilink
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareHow many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement)KnuktoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·6 months agomessage-square64file-textfedilink
minus-squarestoicmaverickarrow-up8arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkMy inner computer scientist likes this framing, and understands its logic. My inner, and much less influential human being, hates it a lot AF.
minus-squareyoevliEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agolinkfedilinkEven in the CS world, ordinal phrases are still 1-indexed (e.g. the first element of an array vs element 0).
minus-squareJDubbleuarrow-up3arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s actually pretty common to say 0th index, but it depends a lot on context.
minus-squareyoevliEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·6 months agolinkfedilinkSure, 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.