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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 05:24:55PM -0400, Karl Glazebrook wrote: > It's now boiling down to a matter of opinion and we'll have to agree to > differ. Of course I use array arithmetic all the time as a heavy PDL > user. ...Do you say you are confused by using vectors (=scalars) instead of arrays? > > Moveover, > > > > $x = 3 * @_; > > > > suddently being equivalent to > > > > $x = @_; > > > > does not look very promising... > > But would it not be easy to catch and warned by a p5tp6 converter? Why converters? I'm discussing Perl6 now, not converters. > > No, you do not use "a special PDL array", you use "a vector". > > A subtle change in wording - and no conflict. > > sure, but vector to me means 1D and also some sort of transformation > properties whereas a PDL array is just a N-dim square container. An N-dim container is just a vector which contains vectors... IlyaThread Previous | Thread Next