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Modern C# collection expressions make the definition of names closer to F#:

  string[] names = ["Peter", "Julia", "Xi"];

I know working on "natural type" of collections is something the C# team is working on, so it feels possible in the future that you'll be able to do this:

  var names = ["Peter", "Julia", "Xi"];

Which I think would then allow:

  ["Peter", "Julia", "Xi"].Select(name => $"Hello, {name}").ToList().ForEach(greeting =>   Console.WriteLine($"{greeting}! Enjoy your C#"));

▲ pjc50 3 days ago | parent [-]

I did try that initially and got

    <source>(5,1): error CS9176: There is no target type for the collection expression.

.. which I took to mean that, because .Select is an extension method on IEnumerable, the engine was unable to infer whether the collection should be a list, array, or some other type of collection.

It seems reasonable to have it default to Array if it's ambiguous, maybe there's a downside I'm not aware of.

	▲	DeathArrow 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe you can submit a proposal/issue to the C# language team? I'd vote for it!