| mrig | often wondered why a list of objects is called a vector in C++ too, seems some how related. |
| vdamewood | mrig: Because Cartesian vectors are just a list of values in math. |
| mrig | right yes. |
| velco | that's he original mathematical definition of vector: tuple of scalars |
| vdamewood | mrig: So the term was borrowed in the old days by some. Some others uses 'array' for the term. |
| vdamewood | C++ has a std::vector type because of this legacy |
| mrig | and the array gets conflated with matrices too. |
| DnzAtWrk | isn't a vector like a direction, compared to a coordinate |
| mrig | OK |
| deniska | I mean, a matrix is just a vector of vectors :P |
| vdamewood | DnzAtWrk: It can be, yes. |
| deniska | DnzAtWrk: a vector can represent both a direction, and a coordinate |
| DnzAtWrk | I tried learning what tensors are the other day |
| DnzAtWrk | seems like people can't agree on definitions of these things |
| velco | both a direction and a position |
| vdamewood | Isn't he they guy with the floating disc? |
| deniska | vector is just a clever name for "a bunch of numbers" :) |
| mrig | deniska: well it is kinda the axis rather than that value no? |
| vdamewood | Tensor's Floating Disc? |
| liste | vectors have length in addition to a direction |
| xeno | DnzAtWrk: when you did, did you go the math route, or did you try to follow some CS thing? |
| deniska | mrig: a coordinate is a pair of numbers, a vector is a pair of numbers, they are essentially the same thing |
| DnzAtWrk | Both |
| deniska | (a 2d vector I should say) |
| DnzAtWrk | and I still barely get it |
| liste | a vector stemming from origin can represent a coordinate pair |
| vdamewood | A 2d number sounds complex. |
| rts-sander | a vector can represent just about anything |
| rts-sander | when given enough dimensions |
| * vdamewood | uses a vector to represent rts-sander's mom |
| deniska | a vector can represent your face |
| deniska | and your mom |
| rts-sander | oh sheit |
| vdamewood | I've already got a vector for you mom. |
| rts-sander | vdamewood, I'd do the same for you but even my 32GB of ram couldn't fit your mum |
| velco | ur mom is infinite field of scalars |
| * vdamewood | bows to rts-sander |
| mobile_c | ur mom is worth 33 GB 0.0 |
| DnzAtWrk | seems fine |
| DnzAtWrk | your mom has a high generality |
| mobile_c | XD |
| `slikts | is that a way of saying fat |
| vdamewood | My band is like 999 MB. No gigs yet. |
| gde33 | higher languages (basic) so much fun! |
| mobile_c | gde33: as in Visual Basic? |
| DnzAtWrk | naw I'll just use nbasic |
| gde33 | mobile_c: as in all higher languages are basic |
| mobile_c | gde33: oki |
| * vdamewood | makes a new programming language called SIMPLE |
| rindolf | vdamewood: heh |
| rindolf | vdamewood: call it "easy" |
| * vdamewood | makes another programming language called EZ |
| * inhahe | makes an esolang called Complicated |
| liste | inhahe: that'd be Malbolge :) |
| vdamewood | Now I'm making a backup of my backup. |
| * gde33 | wants to make a language called Terrorism |
| dostoyevsky | Ponzi scheme is still the most popular |
| gde33 | should be hackers, then you can say you are using hackers |
| vdamewood | A language should be called 'Yo mom', So books can be titled "Programming with Yo Mom" |
| deniska | Yo mom for beginners |
| gde33 | embedded yo mom |
| vdamewood | Yo Mom in 24 Hours |
| inhahe | Debugging Yo Mom |
| deniska | Head first in yo mom |
| vdamewood | Yo Mom, the Hard Way |
| gde33 | chapter 1: objects in yo mom |