Engineers count from zero
Engineers count from zero
Posted Jan 9, 2020 9:13 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)In reply to: Engineers count from zero by schessman
Parent article: LWN's 2020 vision
Personal bias does not over-ride reality.
-4, -3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
Much as our counting system DOES include zero, the calendar pre-dates its "invention" in about 1000 AD.
Cheers,
Wol
