On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 02:22:46 +0000, James Kass wrote: > Most people begin counting with one, although in the recent > past some computer technicians have begun to begin counting > with zero.
There is serious reason for that: when it comes to exponent of 2, counting from zero makes sense, as the first bit (b0) value calculation is 2^0=1, the second bit (b1) value calculation is 2^1=2, ..., the eight bit (b7) value calculation is 2^7=128. This is for 8 bit, but the same apply for 16 etc. number of bits (the same apply to Unicode characters in binary representation). Cristi
