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Re:Matrices can be your Friends by account42 on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:30AM (#45567621)
Not a mathematician, but programmers definitely don't agree on whether matrices should be row-major or column-major.
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Re:Matrices can be your Friends by vintermann on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:51AM (#45567794)
I'm surprised we even agree that they should be top-down.
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Re:Matrices can be your Friends by PhilipRoman on Monday October 13, 2025 @11:02AM (#45569085)
At this point might as well make them match the x/y convention, with first index increasing to the right, and second index increasing from bottom to top.
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Re:Matrices can be your Friends by layer8 on Monday October 13, 2025 @03:21PM (#45572281)
Programmers don’t agree on the x/y convention.
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