Tracy Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 
> There is, however, special
> utility in the fact that *every* J array *is* a list of its items.  

Yes, and that utility exists in this idea: save for rank-0 arrays, every array 
is a vector in its outermost axis. What it is a vector of, depends on the 
array's rank.

What do I mean by this statement? Why it's simple. A vector is a series of 
containers. For a rank-1 array. The vector is a series of containers for atoms.

For a rank-2 array (a table), the vector is a series of containers for vectors.

For a rank-3 array, the vector is a series of containers for tables.

This is profound in it's ramifications. 


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