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Discussion on: Why Do Most Programming Languages Index From Zero?

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Thomas Broyer

Fwiw, in France, as seen in Emily in Paris, (probably many other countries), we name floors "from 0" too (floor 0 being called rez-de-chaussée), so the 5eme étage is the 6th floor.

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Lucia Cerchie

This is so cool to hear about! Thanks for letting me know about this part of French culture that's analogous to so many programming languages.