From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Can Ada iterate over Nd array?
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:09:00 -0700
Date: 2012-04-26T11:09:00-07:00 [thread overview]
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On 04/26/2012 02:15 AM, gautier.de.montmollin@gmail.com wrote:
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> We could make a poll here: which is the maximum number of array dimensions you ever used ?
> My answer: probably 5 or 6.
I don't recall ever using more than 3.
I don't think arrays with more than about 30 dimensions are going to be possible
with current technology: given only 2 index values/dimension, that's 2 ** 30
components, or 1 GB if each component is a byte. Much more than that and you
won't be able to allocate the array. Even in the foreseeable future it doesn't
look as if a 100-dimension array will be possible. 1000 dimensions is right out!
--
Jeff Carter
"I'm a kike, a yid, a heebie, a hook nose! I'm Kosher,
Mum! I'm a Red Sea pedestrian, and proud of it!"
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2012-04-26 4:42 Can Ada iterate over Nd array? Okasu
2012-04-26 5:36 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-04-26 6:02 ` Okasu
2012-04-26 6:05 ` Okasu
2012-04-26 10:57 ` ytomino
2012-04-26 8:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-04-27 0:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-04-27 1:58 ` Jerrid Kimball
2012-04-27 7:39 ` Martin
2012-04-27 18:08 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-04-30 7:20 ` Martin
2012-04-30 13:21 ` Robert A Duff
2012-04-30 15:42 ` Martin
2012-04-27 16:06 ` Shark8
2012-04-26 9:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-04-26 15:48 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-04-26 20:54 ` Okasu
2012-04-27 0:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-04-27 13:30 ` Robert A Duff
2012-04-28 8:24 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-04-28 9:35 ` björn lundin
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2012-04-28 23:19 ` björn lundin
2012-04-30 14:48 ` gautier_niouzes
2012-05-01 2:02 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-04-27 4:19 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2012-04-27 16:23 ` Bill Findlay
2012-04-26 9:40 ` gautier_niouzes
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2012-04-26 18:09 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2012-04-27 0:28 ` BrianG
2012-04-27 13:46 ` Robert A Duff
2012-04-27 11:09 ` Stephen Leake
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