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I don't know the answer to that but Scala is also a precedent for using square brackets for generics (AKA type parameters). However in Scala arrays don't use sq

I don't know the answer to that but Scala is also a precedent for using square brackets for generics (AKA type parameters). However in Scala arrays don't use square brackets so that confusion is avoided.

mseepgood 5y ago
And Python and CLU, Barbara Liskov's OG generics language.