Re: why are there [v e c t o r s] in Lisp?

[Emanuel Berg]

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> Traditionally in Lisp, "array" has meant
> multi-dimensional arrays, while "vector" means
> 1-dimensional arrays.

Got it!

I don't think I would have asked the original question
if they (the vectors) were called arrays because then
there's no association to linear algebra and the array
is a well-known data structure concept.

But now that I know I don't mind vectors being called
vectors, because that is what they are, and it is cool
to have this specific a terminology!

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