I have to agree with some of the others here and say that not all of the above is very intuitive. In particular a[3, 5]. I would be expecting it to return elem

I have to agree with some of the others here and say that not all of the above is very intuitive. In particular a[3, 5]. I would be expecting it to return elements 3 & 5 (shortcut to a[3] & a[5]) instead of doing a length slice. For eg, in perl: my @a = qw/zero one two three four five six/; $a[3]; # "three" @a[3, 5]; # ("three", "five") @a[3, 0, 5]; # ("three", "zero", "five") @a[1..5]; # ("one", "two", "three", "four", "five") Also the ... operator is slightly at odds when compared against .. operator. I think perl6 has a more intuitive version: @a[1..^5]; # ["one", "two", "three", "four"] So instead of 1 to 5 (1..5) you think 1 upto 5 (1..^5).