# Why column major?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-column-major/24374
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, array, linearalgebra, column-major
**Created:** [May 19, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-column-major/24374 "2019-05-19T10:49:56Z")
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### Author: ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-column-major/24374/34 "2021-07-08T18:51:16Z")

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