在MATLAB(交互式数组语言，目前是TIOBE 20)中，有一个关键字end来表示数组的最后一个元素(它对应于NumPy -1)。这是一个众所周知的MATLAB语法:

myVar = myArray(end)

要从数组中间获取一个元素，通常可以这样写:

myVar = myArray( ceil( length(myArray)/2 ) )

令人惊讶的是，关键字end根本不是一个关键字，而是一种变量:

myVar = myArray( ceil( end/2 ) )

这并不奇怪或令人惊讶，但这让我总是说WTF:

语法或标识符名称的大小写敏感性。

大多数具有它的语言似乎只是因为C具有它。这样做没有什么好的理由。

Modula-2没有elseif或elseif;它有elsif

在ColdFusion

Struct(又名Java HashMap)是通过引用传递的。

你可能认为其他数据类型的行为就像Java…

数组是按值传递的，wtf!

List只是一个普通的逗号分隔的字符串!

引用尼尔·弗雷泽的话(看那一页的末尾)

try {
    return true;
} finally {
    return false;
}

(在Java中，但在JavaScript和Python中行为显然是相同的)。其结果留给读者作为练习。

编辑:只要我们谈到这个问题，也要考虑到这一点:

try {
    throw new AssertionError();
} finally {
    return false;
}

Haskell's use of Maybe and Just. Maybe a is a type constructor that returns a type of Just a, but Maybe Int won't accept just an Int, it requires it to be a Just Int or Nothing. So in essence in haskell parlance Just Int is about as much of an Int as an apple is an orange. The only connection is that Just 5 returns a type of Maybe Interger, which can be constructed with the function Just and an Integer argument. This makes sense but is about as hard to explain as it can theoretically be, which is the purpose of haskell right? So is Just really JustKindaLikeButNotAtAll yea sorta, and is Maybe really a KindaLooksLikeOrIsNothing, yea sorta again.

-- Create a function that returns a Maybe Int, and return a 5, which know is definitly Int'able
>  let x :: Maybe Int; x = 5;
<interactive>:1:24:
    No instance for (Num (Maybe Int))
      arising from the literal `5' at <interactive>:1:24
    Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Num (Maybe Int))
    In the expression: 5
    In the definition of `x': x = 5

>  Just 5  
Just 5
it :: Maybe Integer

    -- Create a function x which takes an Int
>  let x :: Int -> Int; x _ = 0;
x :: Int -> Int
-- Try to give it a Just Int
>  x $ Just 5                   

<interactive>:1:4:
    Couldn't match expected type `Int' against inferred type `Maybe t'
    In the second argument of `($)', namely `Just 5'
    In the expression: x $ Just 5
    In the definition of `it': it = x $ Just 5

祝你好运读到这篇文章，我希望它是正确的。