Different argument order for getting N-th element of Array, List or Seq

Question

Is there a good reason for a different argument order in functions getting N-th element of Array, List or Seq:

Array.get source index
List .nth source index
         


        

Answer 1

Just use backward pipe operator:

[1..1000] |> List.nth <| 42

Since both operators are left associative, x |> f <| y is parsed as (x |> f) <| y, and this does the trick.

Backward pipe operator is also useful if you want to remove parentheses: f (very long expression) can be replaced with f <| very long expression.