Python keywords vs. English grammar

[Rony Steelandt]

I'm not a english speaker, so I just accepted it...;

I understood it as :
'Try' allways to execute this code, 'except' when it doesn't work do 
this....


> I noticed something interesting today.  In C++, you write:
>
> try {
>    throw foo;
> } catch {
> }
>
> and all three keywords are verbs, so when you describe the code, you can 
> use the same English words as in the program source, "You try to execute 
> some code, but it throws a foo, which is caught by the handler".
>
> In Python, you write:
>
> try:
>    raise foo
> except:
>
> and now you've got a mix of verbs and (I think), a preposition.  You can't 
> say, "You try to execute some code, but it raises a foo, which is excepted 
> by the handler".  It just doesn't work grammatically.
>
> Sigh.


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