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[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Every base is base 10 dumdum

0, 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21...

e: starting at 0 to not shame programmers.

[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's true. It should really be referenced by the number before 10 (e.g. Base 9 for 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10).

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

IMO it should be called "base 9+1". It is a "base 10" system because each order of magnitude is 10x as big as the previous one. But, the key thing is to know which digit is the last one before you roll over.

[-] scrollo@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Woah, I had never considered that. To think, all these years I was on the side of "initial index is 1." I've unknowingly been using "initial index is 0," since I started using numbers.

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