What’s the difference between “Array()” and “[]” while declaring a JavaScript array?

var a = [], // these are the same b = new Array(), // a and b are arrays with length 0 c = ['foo', 'bar'], // these are the same d = new Array('foo', 'bar'), // c and d are arrays with 2 strings // these are different: e = [3] // e.length == 1, e[0] == 3 f = new Array(3), // f.length == 3, f[0] == undefined ;