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Explain yourselves, comp sci. (mander.xyz)
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[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's a terrible name. The math answer is what I would give.

[–] expr@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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, n relates to the size of the underlying array, and the tuple consists of the elements of the vector.

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That makes sense.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 6 months ago

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.