&gt;&gt; they be expecting 1-based indexing, they might not even know that that&#x27;s a thing they have to think about<p>The truth of the matter is that this is not a point that anyone should ever mention as either a pro or con of any language. It&#x27;s simply a fact that you&#x27;re going to see one or the other, and it&#x27;s useless to complain about which one is present in any given language. It&#x27;s a one-time discovery as to which you&#x27;re working with. People try to make it out to be a debilitating factor, when in reality it&#x27;s a non-issue.