# Proposal: Array syntax

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- Started by Ford on 2003-11-06T12:28:05+00:00
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## #5294 — Ford — 2003-11-06T12:28:05+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/5294#5294

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> And array() steps too softly for you?

In comparison to [], yes.  I mean, I've got used to array() and all, and I'd
happily carry on using it if the consensus goes that way, but I'd also
switch all my scripts to [] in a twinkling if it became permitted.

(Hell, let's face it, you can get used to anything if it's the right tool
for the job -- and almost anything's an improvement over spending an
afternoon counting parentheses in a LISP program, curly brackets in a B
program, or the number of implied REFs in an Algol68 type declaration...!)

Cheers!

Mike

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