<span class="math inline">\(N\)</span>, the first
element index is <span class="math inline">\(1\)</span> and the last element index is <span class="math inline">\(N\)</span>.</li>
</ul>
<p>Container variables are serialized in
<a href="https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2015/memory-layout-of-multi-dimensional-arrays">column major order</a>,
a.k.a. “Fortran” order.
In column major-order, all elements of column 1 are listed in ascending order,
followed by all elements of column 2, thus the
first index changes