0-based versus 1-based

[Tom Pledger]

Just as a matter of idle curiosity, is there a particular reason for
tuples starting at element 1 (fst) whereas lists start at element 0?

    fst ('x', 'y') --> 'x'
    "xy" !! 1      --> 'y'

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