In C

a[i++] = i;

它会编译，但很少执行您认为它应该执行的操作。优化更改会产生截然不同的结果。它在不同平台上的运行方式也不同。

然而，编译器对此非常满意。

在SQL server(至少MS)中:

这将总是求值为false:

IF @someint <> NULL

考虑到:

DECLARE @int INT

SET @int = 6

IF @int <> NULL
BEGIN
    Print '@int is not null'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
    Print '@int is evaluating to null'
END

输出将是:

@int is evaluating to null

必须这样写:

IF @someint IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
END

谁让英语专业的人加入了SQL队!：）

INTERCAL可能是最奇怪的语言特征的最佳汇编。我个人最喜欢的是COMEFROM语句，它(几乎)与GOTO相反。

COMEFROM is roughly the opposite of GOTO in that it can take the execution state from any arbitrary point in code to a COMEFROM statement. The point in code where the state transfer happens is usually given as a parameter to COMEFROM. Whether the transfer happens before or after the instruction at the specified transfer point depends on the language used. Depending on the language used, multiple COMEFROMs referencing the same departure point may be invalid, be non-deterministic, be executed in some sort of defined priority, or even induce parallel or otherwise concurrent execution as seen in Threaded Intercal. A simple example of a "COMEFROM x" statement is a label x (which does not need to be physically located anywhere near its corresponding COMEFROM) that acts as a "trap door". When code execution reaches the label, control gets passed to the statement following the COMEFROM. The effect of this is primarily to make debugging (and understanding the control flow of the program) extremely difficult, since there is no indication near the label that control will mysteriously jump to another point of the program.

Javascript中有很多东西会让你流泪。

局部变量的作用域，举个简单的例子:

function foo(obj)
{
  for (var n = 0; n < 10; n++)
  {
    var t;        // Here is a 't'
    ...
  }
  t = "okay";     // And here's the same 't'
}

Tcl中的连接是将两个字符串添加为一个字符串:

set s1 "prime"
set s2 "number"
set s3 $s1$s2
puts s3

输出为

primenumber

红宝石拖鞋。条件语句中的"…"和".."并不总是范围操作符:

(0..20).each do |x|
  if ((x%10) == 5)..((x%10) == 5)
    print "#{x} "
  end
end

(0..20).each do |x|
  if ((x%10) == 5)...((x%10) == 5)
    print "#{x} "
  end
end

这将输出:

5 15
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

. .检查每一遍的两个语句，…每次只检查“on”或“off”语句(取决于触发器状态)。它们是从awk和sed偷来的。

Matz在“Ruby编程语言”中写道:“人字拖是Ruby中一个相当晦涩的特性，可能最好避免……”