Re^4: why the array index has to start at 0??

The first century AD was century zero.

I thought the first century A.D. was century 1, the first year of which was year 1 A.D. (with the year before being 1 B.C.), the concept of "zero" not percolating into European thought until some non-zero number of centuries later. Which is why, twenty centuries later, we are stuck with 2001 being the first year of the twenty-first century.

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Re^5: why the array index has to start at 0?? by LanX (Saint) on Mar 16, 2015 at 00:27 UTC
> the first year of which was year 1 A.D. (with the year before being 1 B.C.) Actually the troubles arising from not having a year 0 are a very good argument for arrays starting with 0. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)} PS: Je suis Charlie!	[reply]
Re^5: why the array index has to start at 0?? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 15, 2013 at 18:58 UTC
oops, fixed.	[reply]