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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

List and Array terminology also bothers me ... Why not just call it an array?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But python lists are not like the base arrays in other languages. They function more like List<> or vector (C++ had to be special) and are named appropriately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Ahh thank you for that information! In all seriousness, I appreciate you correcting my ignorance.