Re: 2D vector code

[Geoff Horton]

> The complex numbers form a field.  The 2-D vectors don't.  A complex
> number suggests that the real and imaginary components are of a
> different nature, whereas 2-D vectors are symmetrical in their
> components.  Vectors could be implemented using complex numbers, but I
> think identifying them is ugly.

The question is whether one is viewing things from a mathematician's
standpoint or a programmer's standpoint. To a programmer, they are
functionally equivalent, aren't they?

Geoff