Special syntax for 2-d

2000-08-29 Thread Baris Sumengen
Hello, On 8/29/00 at 2:31 PM Jeremy Howard wrote: >The role of this list is to try and create the features necessary to make >Perl the best language for data crunching around, while keeping it Perlish. "Easy things should be easy". PDL has a great and powerful built-in multidimentional support

New variable type: matrix

2000-08-24 Thread Baris Sumengen
I am little bit confused and probably very ignorant but one thing seems to me very useful. Why doesn't perl support a new data type matrix. If perl wants to become a real "programming language" not just a scripting language it should support number crunching internally in a more intuitive way. I d