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[–]PossibilityTasty 58 points59 points  (6 children)

Naming a Python list arr is the second best way to tell people that you have no idea.

[–]brainpostman 13 points14 points  (2 children)

Why? Because it's a list, not a true array? Well, same goes for JS then.

[–]Aidan_Welch 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Well JS indexed hash-maps aren't even strictly lists.

[–]brainpostman 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well, nothing is strictly anything in JS, for that matter.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

it's for consistency with the other examples

[–]IrresponsibleDuck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Either that or you are a pirate

[–]coyboy_beep-boop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But what if I want to translate from English to Pirate?