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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Isn’t zero the same in base-2 as it is in base-10? Wouldn’t first place be 1, second place be 10, and third place 11?

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 months ago

This is about indexes starting at 0, not about binary.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Gotcha. I guess that’s the difference between programmer humor and computer architect humor.

this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
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