> > 1) Why do Python lists start with element [0], instead of element > > [1]? "Common sense" would seem to suggest that lists should start > > with [1].
Because Zero is the neutral element of addition operation. And indexes (and all adresses in computing) involve with addition much more than multiplication! That's too clear i think and that's silly to use One as first index of arrays/lists in a programming language! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
