delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi   search  
Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/02/04/08:44:39

X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: array indices [i][j]
Date: 4 Feb 2004 12:59:24 GMT
Organization: Aachen University of Technology (RWTH)
Lines: 13
Message-ID: <bvqqbc$qls$1@nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
References: <uy8rj5r98 DOT fsf AT elta DOT co DOT il> <20040204035022 DOT 22737 DOT 00000765 AT mb-m19 DOT aol DOT com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ac3b07.physik.rwth-aachen.de
X-Trace: nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE 1075899564 27324 137.226.33.205 (4 Feb 2004 12:59:24 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rwth-aachen DOT de
NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Feb 2004 12:59:24 GMT
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Sterten <sterten AT aol DOT com> wrote:

> You'll hardly find a math-book or paper with this [][] notation !

Just as you won't usually find ones using A[i,k] as a notation for
arrays, either.  Mathematic notations for this kind of object is
almost invariabley (written in TeX notation:) $A_{i,k}$, i.e. indices.
Only computer science, due to it being forced to write maths in a
one-dimensional format, uses [] for this.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

- Raw text -


  webmaster     delorie software   privacy  
  Copyright © 2019   by DJ Delorie     Updated Jul 2019