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From: Martin <martin@thedowies.com>
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Subject: Re: Can Ada iterate over Nd array?
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On Friday, April 27, 2012 7:08:15 PM UTC+1, Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> On 04/27/2012 12:39 AM, Martin wrote:
> >     type A is array (1 .. 3) of Integer;
> >     type B is array (1 .. 4) of A;
> >     type C is array (1 .. 2) of B;
> 
> These are all 1-D arrays.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Carter
> "We'll make Rock Ridge think it's a chicken
> that got caught in a tractor's nuts!"
> Blazing Saddles
> 87

True but a 3-d array can always be re-arranged into 3 * 1-d arrays.

Is there an underlying difference between the 2 styles? Can a 'genuine' multi-dimensionsal array be implemented more efficiently?
-- Martin