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n0nsensical · 11-18-2005, 10:56 PM

It makes sense to me; it's a collection of values, and I doubt the term's use in computer science started with STL. Not exactly the same as a mathematical vector since the same operations aren't defined, but you could easily define them to make it more like one (which can also have any number of values n-dimensional). Don't blame the creators of STL for your own confusion (seems to be a common thing with C++ in general, and like L.A., I find it my duty to defend it); I'm sure there are plenty of mathematicians getting along fine with it. =P

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n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	It makes sense to me; it's a collection of values, and I doubt the term's use in computer science started with STL. Not exactly the same as a mathematical vector since the same operations aren't defined, but you could easily define them to make it more like one (which can also have any number of values n-dimensional). Don't blame the creators of STL for your own confusion (seems to be a common thing with C++ in general, and like L.A., I find it my duty to defend it); I'm sure there are plenty of mathematicians getting along fine with it. =P __________________ "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln Last edited by n0nsensical; 11-18-2005 at 11:04 PM..