Nick Sieger: Category qotd do what you love tag:blog.nicksieger.com,2005:Typo Typo 2007-08-31T18:00:34+00:00 Nick Sieger urn:uuid:a41e4385-8403-4baf-b382-bff2382ece22 2006-07-27T14:57:00+00:00 2007-08-31T18:00:34+00:00 Why does an array index start at 0, not 1 <p>If you were looking for an answer to this question, you apparently cannot get a straight one in the <a href="http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=357877&amp;start=0&amp;tstart=0">java forums</a>. Just one of many choice quotes:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Anyway, any logically counting would start at 0.</p> </blockquote> <p>I tried that once. I referred to my son as &#8220;Number Zero Son&#8221;. Got a definitely negative response.</p> </blockquote>