Steven Taylor wrote:
> I like vector, list, list of, or table of.
> Cube, and brick work too.
> A "cube of" sounds a bit weird, but it works.
> A "brick of"... not sure.
>
> Not so sure about report. Combinations of up to 3 dimensional
> surfaces have made it easier to grasp in the past. In that vein,
> report helped conceptually, but for some reason I found it hard to
> call it that. There's too much of a flat business-like connotation
> for me.
I was actually merely quoting from Ken Iverson. He laid out these rank-
related terms in Chapter 6 ("Terminology") of "Exploring Math", which
he quoted in his paper "Computers and Mathematical Notation". In both
places he noted, "The terms LIST, TABLE, and REPORT are used in J with
meanings familiar to anyone, whereas the corresponding terms VECTOR,
MATRIX, and ARRAY might be known only to specialists." (I uppercased
his original italicized words.)
I just figured that, as the inventor of the language, he had the
prerogative of determining the "proper" vocabulary and terminology.
Harvey
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