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“used to”?
Perchance programming with pointers has plunged as a percentage of programmers.
But thank you. I was hoping someone would notice that.
Well, you don’t really see many people accessing lists with pointers directly. Also 0-indexing does give us an extra number to index with(say 1-256 vs 0-256)
It’s 0-255 when you’re indexing like that. 11111111b = 255.
Oh sorry, you’re right. Amended my comment.
FriendOfElphaba@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Perchance programming with pointers has plunged as a percentage of programmers.
But thank you. I was hoping someone would notice that.
dukk@programming.dev 9 months ago
Well, you don’t really see many people accessing lists with pointers directly. Also 0-indexing does give us an extra number to index with(say 1-256 vs 0-256)
FriendOfElphaba@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s 0-255 when you’re indexing like that. 11111111b = 255.
dukk@programming.dev 9 months ago
Oh sorry, you’re right. Amended my comment.