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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

0 is natural.

Source - programming languages.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

*Most programming languages

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

We don't talk about those kids, they're weird. :)

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't personally know many programming languages that provide natural number type in their prelude or standard library.

In fact, I can only think of proof assistants, like Lean, Coq, and Agda. Obviously the designer of these languages know a reasonable amount of mathematics to make the correct choice.

(I wouldn't expect the same from IEEE or W3C, LOL

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's really just a joke about counting from 0 instead of 1.

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Oh, array indexing, sure.