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 ## Back to the Python benchmark (third try)
   - can we explain what is happening now? Yes, more or less ;-)
-  - the default memeory layout is also called row-major == `C_CONTIGUOUS`
+  - the default memeory layout is also called row-major `== C_CONTIGUOUS`
   - rule of thumb for multi-dimensional numpy arrays:
     - the right-most index should be the inner-most loop in a series of nested loops over the dimensions of a multi-dimensional array
     - the previous rule can be remembered as *the right-most index changes the faster* in a series of nested loops