From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2006-09-11T14:50:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Matrix

Dave Burt wrote:
> It's by design. A Matrix is immutable, like Ruby's other numbers
> (Fixnum, Rational, Complex...)

Why should a Matrix be immutable? It's not a type like a Fixnum, it's a
data structure, like an Array or Hash. What is gained by creating a new
Matrix from a changing data stream, rather than updating an existing
one?

Regards,
Jordan