fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoExplain yourselves, comp sci.mander.xyzimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down116
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minus-squareNorthWestWind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s a terrible name. The math answer is what I would give.
minus-squareexprlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 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-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 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.
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.