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From: rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky)
Subject: Re: Do I really need a loop
Message-ID: <1991May18.043951.926@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>
Reply-To: rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky)
Organization: Snake Island Research Inc, Toronto
References: <9105171506.AA23991@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Sat, 18 May 91 04:39:51 GMT

In article <9105171506.AA23991@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> liebtag@stlvm20.vnet.ibm.com ("David Liebtag") writes:
>Pat Monardo,
>
>   Any argument that concludes that ANY language has no value on the
>basis of how difficult it is to multiply the values in the rows
>of a matrix by the values in a vector is patently absurd.
 
Dave, you have HIT the nail on the head!  As you clearly point out, 
the Real Problem is how to apply an arbitrary function to arbitrary
subsets of an array. Let's see how different languages address this
issue. 

Bob




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