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Arrays start at zero, just like floors on a building

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Hi, what is this meme format called?

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Actually, in the statistics programming language R, the index of data.frames and other data types starts at 1.

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This is the first time that I see this meme and I’m on the friend group B side, now I know how it feels.

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If they’re using MATLAB, wouldn’t the index start at 1?

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Group A starts indexing at 1. Group B at 0.

To me, the second layer of the joke is that the choice of starting number is significant enough that the author considers it to be two distinct personalities!

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Mathematicians and computer scientists are natural enemies.

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Like mathematicians and physicists.

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Yeah this joke goes much deeper than I thought when I first commented.

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