[REBOL] Re: I need a better name (topology?)
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 19-Sep-2001 16:13
Graham Chiu wrote:
>
> to-matrix?
>
Ummmm... I suggest not.
The term "matrix" has specific connotations in a mathematical
context that have nothing to do with the functionality that
Tim posed. One of the more obvious ones is that matrices are
always rectangular (even so-called "triangular matrices" just
have all zero entries on one side of a diagonal), whereas
Tim seemed to be describing columnar arrangements of entries
which don't necessarily have all columns of the same length
(a common thing in text processing, which also is totally
different from matrices).
Just my $0.03...
-jn-
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