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Rank in the array language terminology seems to be synonymous with tensor order (sometimes called tensor rank). Ken Iverson (APL's creator) was a mathematician
by juliangoldsmith 2y ago
Rank in the array language terminology seems to be synonymous with tensor order (sometimes called tensor rank). Ken Iverson (APL's creator) was a mathematician, so I'm not that surprised to learn the term came from a branch of math.