@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 5 months agoExplain yourselves, comp sci.mander.xyzimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1505arrow-down116
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minus-square@NorthWestWindlinkEnglish21•5 months agoIt’s a terrible name. The math answer is what I would give.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoIt’s not a terrible name, since it’s derived from the mathematical construct of vectors as n-tuples. In the case of vectors in programming, n relates to the size of the underlying array, and the tuple consists of the elements of the vector.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoI myself was confused, when I first saw what a vector did in practice. Really bad name. But then I didn’t take Comp Sci.
Maybe they mean std::vector in C++?
It’s a terrible name. The math answer is what I would give.
It’s not a terrible name, since it’s derived from the mathematical construct of vectors as
n-tuples. In the case of vectors in programming,nrelates to the size of the underlying array, and the tuple consists of the elements of the vector.That makes sense.
I myself was confused, when I first saw what a vector did in practice.
Really bad name.
But then I didn’t take Comp Sci.