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by nyrikki 532 days ago
Vec4 is a vector, but yes C++ base vec is not.

In some ways CS is more correct with the modern (abstract) algebra definition of a vector, vs the historical didactics arrow concept.

Tensor has been abused, it is a property of bilinear maps, and as matrix multiplication is a bilinear operation there is a concept overlap there.

Vectors are really just elements of a vector space, not necessarily arrows.