To quote a comment:
"It's called a vector because Alex Stepanov, the designer of the
Standard Template Library, was looking for a name to distinguish it from
built-in arrays. He admits now that he made a mistake, because
mathematics already uses the term 'vector' for a fixed-length set of
numbers. Now C++09 will compound this mistake by introducing a class
'array' that will behave similar to a mathematical vector.
Alex's lesson: be very careful every time you name something.
"
Juan Pablo Califano wrote:
Well, the word vector has more than one meaning. This same question was
asked sometime ago in stackoverflow, about C++ std vectors. You might like
to check it out.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/581426/why-is-a-c-vector-called-a-vector
Cheers
Juan Pablo Califano
2009/4/27, Glen Pike <g...@engineeredarts.co.uk>:
It's probably a Java thing - Java has really annoying typed arrays called
Vector too - seems that there should be a big argument whether the
mathematical definition of vector should overrule the computer science
definition based on age, but then we would all have to reset our screens
because 0, 0 would become bottom left, instead of top-right :)
Anthony Pace wrote:
I think it is really stupid, and bothersome as hell with regard to code
completion when working with the vector3d class.
Just had to vent. Can anyone tell my why? vector is usually a point,
combination, or an attack method in my books.
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