> Could also be that C is superior in other ways, there isn't really a big difference between 0 and 1 based indexing, and thus 0 based won on the back of Cs other strengths.
Possibly, but then 1-based indexing certainly isn't enough of a positive to overcome the other stuff. And that's evidence, too.
> The Dijkstra discussion is only aesthetic preference, nothing more.
Dijkstra's comment says that people using the other 3 conventions were committing more errors--that's data.
> In Julia the examples would also idiomatically be written in terms of the provided mod1 function:
Agreed. The proper way is to encapsulate that behind a function so you don't have to think about it.
However, if you have to unpack that and repack it all the time (for example, Lua calling C), then you can't just encapsulate and forget about it.
Possibly, but then 1-based indexing certainly isn't enough of a positive to overcome the other stuff. And that's evidence, too.
> The Dijkstra discussion is only aesthetic preference, nothing more.
Dijkstra's comment says that people using the other 3 conventions were committing more errors--that's data.
> In Julia the examples would also idiomatically be written in terms of the provided mod1 function:
Agreed. The proper way is to encapsulate that behind a function so you don't have to think about it.
However, if you have to unpack that and repack it all the time (for example, Lua calling C), then you can't just encapsulate and forget about it.