12 Jan
2010
12 Jan
'10
9 p.m.
On Jan 12, 2010, at 17:38 , Michael Hartl wrote:
Also, the number varies depending on whether you consider "reversed words" or "keywords", and I suspect the situation is subtly different
"reversed words"? There are some in sh for example, namely 'fi' and 'esac', but other than that they are not that common... ;-)
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