The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down110
arrow-up1644arrow-down1imageThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square315fedilink
minus-squarelustyargonian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 months agoBritish use 0 indexing? Never thought about it like that huh
minus-squareKrankyKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoBut you would call the item at index zero the “first” element, not the “zeroth” element.
minus-squarelustyargonian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI personally call it zeroth index to about confusion, so G floor or even 0 on elevators is akin to that. But yeah, nobody would say it’s the first of all the floors in the building, but not the first floor.
British use 0 indexing? Never thought about it like that huh
But you would call the item at index zero the “first” element, not the “zeroth” element.
I personally call it zeroth index to about confusion, so G floor or even 0 on elevators is akin to that. But yeah, nobody would say it’s the first of all the floors in the building, but not the first floor.