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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAren’t those two the same thing? At least in C-style arrays, which might not be how they’re handled under the hood, but is at least how most languages present it to the programmer.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoin my understanding offset is technically the “relative index”, or how much you have to go further
minus-squarelefixxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·3 months agoYes they are presented in the programmer wrong. The first thing in memory should have offset 0 and index 1
Aren’t those two the same thing? At least in C-style arrays, which might not be how they’re handled under the hood, but is at least how most languages present it to the programmer.
in my understanding offset is technically the “relative index”, or how much you have to go further
Yes they are presented in the programmer wrong. The first thing in memory should have offset 0 and index 1