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Article #5717Re: Row/Column Major Definition and His
From: Eugene Miya
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 20:11
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 20:11
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Still no one can answer why column-major over row?
I suspect this had to do with early implementations of compilers simply
allocating space on the fly from left to right. I'll ask Backus
when I get the chance in a couple of weeks.
Another gross generalization from
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!eos!eugene From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Row/Column Major Definition and His Message-ID: <1484@eos.UUCP> Date: 8 Sep 88 20:11:03 GMT References: <16512@apple.Apple.COM> <44600002@hcx2> Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 11