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-:''See also: the [[/Show of hands]].''
+:''See also: the [[/Show of hands/]] and [[/Essay/]] portion.''
 This proposal was written by Daniel Friesen as an alternative to the [[ServerJS/Binary/B|Binary/B]] proposal.
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 :There is another name which does fit this kind of operation, "Append" (Side note, Wrench.js does add .append to Array). Using [1,2,3].append([4,5,6]); DOES push 4, 5, and 6 onto the array creating the array [1,2,3,4,5,6].
-== ByteArray? ==
-From the discussions in the ServerJS mailing list I do not recall anyone saying
-"[I] want to mutate a [sequence] with the Array api". I only recall the statements
-"[I] want a way to mutate a [sequence]" and "mutable, like an Array".
-The decision to use the name "ByteArray" had nothing to do with wanting an Array
-type sequence. It had to do with wanting to mutate a sequence, and Arrays being
-the other type of list.
-Looking into prior art the Array api does not fit. There is a more relevant term used in computing, the buffer.
 == Prior art ==
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 ;buf.lastIndexOf(sequence, offset=0);
 :Returns the index within the calling buffer object of the first or last (depending on which method is used) occurrence of the specified value, or -1 if not found.
-;<s>buf.reverse();</s>
-:<s>Causes the sequence to be replaced by the reverse of the sequence.</s>
 ;buf.valueOf();