In a number of languages, arrays are typically a fixed size, whereas vectors are typically a variable size.
I imagine Clojure adopts this for the same reason, and also because "array" already refers to Java arrays. - James On 3 October 2015 at 03:49, Daniel Compton <daniel.compton.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently had someone learning Clojure ask me why Clojure used the term > 'vector' when many other languages used the term 'array'. I thought for a > bit, and the only reason I could come up with was that it clearly > differentiated Clojure's array-like data structures from Java's array data > structures. I had a search online and couldn't find anything discussing > this. > > Does anyone know if there is an official reason for this? > -- > Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
