Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!eos!eugene
From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Row/Column Major Definition and His
Message-ID: <1484@eos.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 88 20:11:03 GMT
References: <16512@apple.Apple.COM> <44600002@hcx2>
Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
Lines: 11

Still no one can answer why column-major over row?
I suspect this had to do with early implementations of compilers simply
allocating space on the fly from left to right.  I'll ask Backus
when I get the chance in a couple of weeks.

Another gross generalization from

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
  resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
  "Mailers?! HA!", "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology."
  {uunet,hplabs,ncar,decwrl,allegra,tektronix}!ames!aurora!eugene
  "Send mail, avoid follow-ups.  If enough, I'll summarize."