> Karl Glazebrook wrote:
> > Can we not keep calling them matrices? They are just a special
> > case.
> >
> Normally I call them tensors, but this is only meaningful to a mathematics
> audience.
>
> I was using 'matrix' because both laypersons and mathematicians would know
> what the RFCs are referring to. This would not be the case with 'tensor',
> although 'multidimensional array' would probably be OK. Although strictly
> the word 'array' can refer to multidimensional structures, in Perl the term
> has generally been used to refer to 1d structures (such as 'array of arrays'
> in 'perldoc perllol').
>
> What term would everyone like to use?
I've been using "matrix" for similar reasons. "Array" is already a
term of art in Perl; tensor is a bit uncommon and specialised; and
"multidimensional" is too long of an adjective to be useful. It's
longer than "lists of lists"!
Tensor or Matrix
Multidimensional list
what should we call it?
I'd vote for matrix myself. It's short and sweet
Three in the morning
Perl inspires to haiku
I should go to bed
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