# What's the big deal? 0 vs 1 based indexing

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-big-deal-0-vs-1-based-indexing/1102
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-big-deal-0-vs-1-based-indexing/1102 "2016-12-22T14:20:49Z")
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### Author: ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-big-deal-0-vs-1-based-indexing/1102/4 "2016-12-22T16:36:34Z")

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1-based indexing is a big deal for same reason most other fad topics are a big deal: it’s such a simple idea that everyone can have an opinion on it, and everyone seems to think they can “help” by telling their personal experience about how this arbitrary choice has affected them at one time in their life.

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