I have no idea about the official reason, but outside of certain programming languages that use "array" for one-dimensional data structures, an array often has two (or more) dimensions. In R, for example, arrays can have an arbitrary number of dimensions. Honestly, when I'm away from Java for a while and then encounter the term "array" in Java, I have to stop and remember that it's 1-D, or check some documentation, because "array" doesn't automatically mean 1-D to me.
On the other hand, I believe that vectors are always one-dimensional, as in linear algebra. So maybe Rich Hickey just decided that "vector" was a better, less ambiguous name. -- 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.
