The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 7 days agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square317fedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down111
arrow-up1635arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square317fedilink
minus-squarelustyargonianlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·7 days agoBritish use 0 indexing? Never thought about it like that huh
minus-squareKrankyKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agoBut you would call the item at index zero the “first” element, not the “zeroth” element.
minus-squarelustyargonianlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days 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.