[Jprogramming] The word for arrays of rank > 2

[simon at superware.com.au]

I'd like to see a moebius pudding


Quoting 0j1 <j at asteroid.demon.co.uk>:

>        1.5    Spaghetti
>
>        2.5    Foam
>
> (Sparse arrays)
>
> On 24/10/11 22:39, simon at superware.com.au wrote:
>> Rank     Term
>>
>>     0      grain
>>
>>     1      strand
>>
>>     2      sheet
>>
>>     3      loaf
>>
>>    >3      pudding or blancmange
>>
>>
>> Quoting PackRat<packrat at anet.com>:
>>
>>> I thought that the following was the "official" J terminology usage:
>>>
>>> Rank	Term		Alternate term
>>>
>>>    0	Atom		Scalar
>>>
>>>    1	List		Vector
>>>
>>>    2	Table		Matrix
>>>
>>>   >2	Report		Array
>>>
>>>
>>> Harvey
>>>
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