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Julia also supports arbitrary indexing [-1], you can even start from a negative number!

[-1] https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/devdocs/offset-arrays/

Don't you have issues with library calls that want 1-based arrays?

No. Multiple dispatch means that libraries should just be able to handle it. If you ever run into problems, file a bug report. It should get fixed pretty quickly.

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