Greetings. 
>> 
The main problem arises from the ambiguity for $array[-1] for arrays.>> 
But this is easily solvable: just introduce a slice operator.
>> 
>> 
$array[:-1] and the ambiguity is gone.

>That would return an array 
containing the last item as the sole member, >not the last item 
itself.

Which suggests a solution, namely either use another symbol or
else attach to the colon a different meaning. Or, we
can forget about applying this feature to arrays and hope
that users will understand that this is a feature that only
applies to strings and use a simple negative offset.SL 

                                          

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