Well, that surely depends on what you're trying to do.
Philosophically (yippee!) I'm trying to define the space of all possible
hi-fi settings (in order to help our friend visualize n-dimensions). Each
possible setting corresponds to a single point within the 10-dimensional
space.
Whether or not you would actually WOULD use a 10-d array to store hi-fi
settings depends on the circumstance. Basically, your 1-d array may be
suitable for some operations, but it doesn't really have much to say about
hi-fi space ;-)
After all, what does your single dimension represent? It's the KNOB
dimension, and you have defined 10 separate points along that single Knob
dimension. In my model, I have a Volume dimension, a Bass dimension, a
Treble dimension, etc. There's a certain semantic richness there.
Sorry to descend into phil-speak.
see you soon,
Leeb.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 1:43 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Realsim and 4D Arrays
I'm hoping your hi-fi example is just a bad analogy. I'd represent it as a
structure or a one dimensional array with 10 items.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Borkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: Realsim and 4D Arrays
You can do much worse than that. In genetics we talk about essentially
infinitely-dimensioned spaces, one dimension for every gene on the
chromosome.
But there are ways to comprehend it all. Imagine your hi-fi. It has maybe
ten knobs on it. Each knob can be turned to an infinite number of
positions.
If you wanted to write or store the information about the settings on your
hi-fi, you would probably use a ten-dimensional array, thus defining a
ten-dimensional 'space'. It doesn't matter that you can't visualise the
space
like you can physical space - just think of n-dimensions as n knobs on your
hi-fi,
Lee Bjork Borkman
Bjork.Net - ColdFusion Tags by Bjork
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:59 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Realsim and 4D Arrays
>
>
> Maybe its because I don't exist in some Sci-Fi Channel tv show, but I'm
> having a hard time thinking of what a 4D Array looks like.
>
> 1d = X cordinate
> 2d = X,Y cordinate
> 3d = X,Y,Z cordinate
> 4d = bah!
>
> Considering a 1d array is a line, a 2d is a plane, 3d is a cube, would 4d
> then in this sense, be 1 cube seperated by several smaller cubes
> wich are in
> turn seperated by even smaller cubes?
>
> or is it just not safe to go there?
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