dic number of arguments than to take a list, like <code>math.sum(10, 20, 30, 40)</code>, but in Ink, I couldn't express it. I had to write <code>(math.sum)([10, 20, 30, 40])</code>.</li><li>Without variadic functions, anytime I wanted to give a function a varying number of arguments, I had to use a list. For example, <code>fmt.format('{{0}} {{1}}', 10, 12)</code> has a much more clunky signature in Ink: <code>(fmt.format)('{{0}} {{1}}', [10, 12])</code>.</li></ul><h4>The good ideas that survived</h4><p>Desp