6th March 2012, 02:20 PM
Fashions do change Dino.
Keep up old chap.
But you are correct, context numbers USED to go in rectangles (especially on a matrix).
But the handy convention of using a rectangle to show where the cuts are and an oval for everything else certainly makes matrices instantly more accessable to the eye.
Although when I worked down south for Oxford back in the late 90's it was the fashion there too (from what I remember - much beer may have clouded my mind).
Keep up old chap.
But you are correct, context numbers USED to go in rectangles (especially on a matrix).
But the handy convention of using a rectangle to show where the cuts are and an oval for everything else certainly makes matrices instantly more accessable to the eye.
Although when I worked down south for Oxford back in the late 90's it was the fashion there too (from what I remember - much beer may have clouded my mind).