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From: elf@utcsrgv.UUCP (Eugene Fiume)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Numbering from zero
Message-ID: <1882@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Aug-83 11:26:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  3 11:26:18 1983
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Ahhh, gimme a break you positive number bigots.
Numbering from zero makes perfect, and dare I say it, natural sense.
The first natural number happens to be zero, which will sound confusing
only to those who mix up ordinal and cardinal numbers.  I personally believe
there has been a combination redneck/pinko conspiracy against this most
beautiful of cardinal numbers.  "Off by ones" are not a function of the
number system (any more than say, the recent stupid and nearly disastrous
metric/imperial mixup in filling up a jet liner is the fault of the metric
system).  On the other hand, if everyone were converted to using the natural
numbers instead of the positives, then "off by ones" would be replaced by
"off by zeros", which as everyone knows, wouldn't be a problem.

nyuck nyuck

		Eugene Fiume
		utcsrgv!elf
		U of Toronto