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minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-26 days agoOr when it’s bothering you that people forget the difference between counting and indexing. You can index to 255 in an 8 bit number, but your count is still 256 when you get there.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-26 days agoIf there are two things I hate in this world, it’s off by one errors.
Or when it’s bothering you that people forget the difference between counting and indexing.
You can index to 255 in an 8 bit number, but your count is still 256 when you get there.
Fair point 😄
If there are two things I hate in this world, it’s off by one errors.