2 dimensional Arrays

Dave dave at looktowindward.com
Wed Mar 14 13:10:43 EDT 2007


On 14 Mar 2007, at 16:54, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>> The problem is that "arrays" in RunRev are not "arrays" in the  
>> same  sense as in languages like C/C++ or Pascal etc. They are  
>> really look  up tables.
>
> For the benefit of newcomers here, it may be worth noting that  
> associative arrays are hardly an invention of Rev's:

Yes, I started using them in 1970's in the SNOBOL4/SPITBOL languages,  
where they are called "tables". As far as I know this was the first  
general implementation of of this kind of "array".

All the Best
Dave




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