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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Containers - nontrivial element access
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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:21:58 +0200
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On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:56:04 -0700, Matthew Heaney wrote:

> But a vector (in Ada) is not a generalization of an array, so the
> analogy doesn't hold.

Egh, but vector is an array, see 1b in:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=vector

vector
n.
1. Mathematics
a. A quantity, such as velocity, completely specified by a magnitude and a
direction.
b. A one-dimensional array.
c. An element of a vector space.

2. Pathology An organism, such as a mosquito or tick, that carries
disease-causing microorganisms from one host to another.

3. Genetics A bacteriophage, plasmid, or other agent that transfers genetic
material from one cell to another.

4. A force or influence.

5. A course or direction, as of an airplane.

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