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Competition places start at 0 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

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