What if I want the nth element up to the math element? arr[n:m]. And if I want to split the array into two parts, one until the nth element and the other from the m+1st element arr[1:m] and arr[(m+1):end]. Julia matches how people speak about arrays, including C programmers in their comments. Arrays are (conceptually) not pointer arithmetic. Also for your usecase typically you would just use a 2d array and write a[n,:].

> arr[n:m]

arr[n..=m]

> arr[1:m] and arr[(m+1):end]

arr[0..m], arr[m..]

Much nicer.

> Arrays are (conceptually) not pointer arithmetic.

Look at a ruler. Does it start at 1?