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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Can Ada iterate over Nd array?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:46:46 -0400
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Date: 2012-04-27T09:46:46-04:00
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BrianG <me@null.email> writes:

> If what is desired is an "n-dimensional array" (i.e. n is a parameter of
> some sort - generic or procedure parameter), what are you going to do
> with it, even if you can iterate?  How do you declare such a type?  If
> it's to be used as a library to work on "n-dimensional arrays", how do
> you specify subroutine parameters?  (Except as a raw memory address or
> equivalent.)

APL answers these questions (also J).  It's a rather different
language than Ada.  ;-)

- Bob