0-origin or 1-origin is False dichotomy.
A: Lua has array indexes starting from 1 (1-origin), right? B: So does BASIC. C: No, BASIC would be 0-origin D: It was both, and later a switchable specification became standard!
Minimal BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed as an international standard. The effort started at ANSI in January 1974, and was joined in September by a parallel group at ECMA. … The lower bound for arrays is typically 0, but using OPTION BASE 1 can change the index to 1. Can be switched with
OPTION BASE 1.
Properly implemented in VBA, etc.
- [Option Base Statement (VBA) | Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/option- base-statement]
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