Talk:Iliffe vector

Jagged array
Is this simply a "jagged array" / "array of arrays"? 87.116.213.216 (talk) 20:44, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * It's an array of pointers to arrays (of pointers to arrays ...).
 * When used to implement multidimensional rectangular arrays, all of the subarrays are the same size. However, the technique suffices to implement jagged arrays - regardless of whether or not the outer abstraction intends to support jagged arrays.
 * For example, that fact that a specific ALGOL-60 compiler happens to use Iliffe vectors to implement arrays does not mean that the implementation provides jagged array support.
 * 15:10, 26 September 2023 (UTC) AHMartin (talk) 15:10, 26 September 2023 (UTC)