FW: Nitpicky word question: matrix vs. table?

["Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au>]

Every element in matrix is related to its neighbouring elements. You cannot
take an element out of a matrix and expect it to have any meaning. It is
only through its relationship with the other entities that it expresses its
value.

Generally speaking, a table cell only bears linear relationships with the
headings on its x and y axis.

Steve


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Steve Hudson provides additional <ahem> enlightenment: <<A matrix and a
table are slightly different. The key is that every element of a matrix
relates to every other. Generally speaking, a table cell relates only to the
terminating headers on the x and y planes, and not to each other.>>

Huh? Once more in mathematics, please. That one's not even internally
consistent.

<<If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle em with bullshit
instead!>>

Consider me baffled.

--Geoff Hart, FERIC, Pointe-Claire, Quebec


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