Basic HTML version of Foils prepared December 6 98
Foil 8 Issue: Multidimensional Arrays
From Summary of Report of the Java Grande Forum Numerics Working Group SC98 Orlando Java Grande Panel -- November 13 98. byRonald Boisvert and Roldan Pozo (NIST)
Requirements ...
array operations must be optimizable
reliable model of layout needed for programmers to select best algorithm
Problems ...
Java arrays jagged, rows can be aliased
standard API would mean unreadable code, inefficiencies