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Re: Python Worst Practices

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On 2015-02-28 10:13, Ethan Furman wrote:
> On 02/28/2015 09:56 AM, MRAB wrote:
> > On 2015-02-28 16:03, Cousin Stanley wrote:
> >>
> >>> From :  Tim Chase
> >>>
> >>> A quick google-and-tally for languages
> >>> and their corresponding number of keywords:
> >>> ....
> >>
> >>    re-sorted ....
> >>
> >>       21 :  Lua
> >>       31 :  Python2.x
> >>       33 :  Python3.x
> >>       33 :  C
> >>       37 :  Pike
> >>       40 :  Perl
> >>       40 :  Ruby
> >>       50 :  Java
> >>       54 :  Pascal
> >>       67 :  PHP
> >>       77 :  C#
> >>       86 :  C++
> >>
> > Does any language have more than COBOL? That has hundreds!
> 
> I think Visual FoxPro should get at least an (dis)honorable mention
> -- I didn't count, but there are several page-fulls [1].

That list has ~2405 entries, but it's been long enough since I've
used VFP (c. 2000) that I've successfully managed to repress the
nuances of whether those are actual reserved words, or whether, like
Python built-ins, they're more suggestions rather than enforced.

-tkc

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Re: Python Worst Practices Travis Griggs <travisgriggs@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 13:21 -0800
  Re: Python Worst Practices Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-28 12:09 +1100
    Re: Python Worst Practices sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-02-27 17:32 -0800
      Re: Python Worst Practices Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 12:44 +1100
        Re: Python Worst Practices Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-03-03 09:51 +0100
          Re: Python Worst Practices Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-03 22:12 +1100
            Re: Python Worst Practices Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-03-03 23:46 +0100
              Re: Python Worst Practices Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-04 10:12 +1100
                Re: Python Worst Practices Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2015-03-04 21:27 +0100
    Re: Python Worst Practices Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2015-02-28 04:42 +0000
      Re: Python Worst Practices Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-28 17:36 +1100
        Re: Python Worst Practices Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2015-02-28 07:50 +0000
          Re: Python Worst Practices Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 19:55 +1100
        Re: Python Worst Practices Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-27 23:51 -0800
          Re: Python Worst Practices Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-28 10:50 +0200
      Re: Python Worst Practices Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 01:48 -0700
      Re: Python Worst Practices Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 19:58 +1100
    Re: Python Worst Practices Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-27 21:50 -0600
      Re: Python Worst Practices Cousin Stanley <cousinstanley@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 09:03 -0700
        Re: Python Worst Practices Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 08:16 -0800
        Re: Python Worst Practices MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-02-28 17:56 +0000
        Re: Python Worst Practices Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-28 10:13 -0800
        Re: Python Worst Practices Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-28 12:30 -0600
        Re: Python Worst Practices Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-28 12:39 -0600
    Re: Python Worst Practices BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-02-28 10:39 +0000
      Re: Python Worst Practices Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 23:45 +1100
        Re: Python Worst Practices Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-03-01 13:29 +1300

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