# crista/exercises-in-programming-style

Comprehensive collection of programming styles using a simple computational task, term frequency

Repository: https://github.com/crista/exercises-in-programming-style
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exercises-in-programming-style
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-04-30T21:24:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4728, "days_push": 1221, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2076, forks 543 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:11.181020+00:00)

## What it is
A comprehensive collection of Python programs that solve the same term-frequency task using many different programming styles, each with documented constraints. It accompanies the book 'Exercises in Programming Style' and is used in programming courses.

## Use cases
- learn different programming styles
- study how coding constraints shape program design
- find examples of styles like monolithic, pipeline, or actors
- supplement reading the Exercises in Programming Style book
- teach a course on programming paradigms
- practice writing code under stylistic constraints

## When to choose
- you want to explore many programming paradigms through one simple task
- you are teaching or studying programming style and design
- you want a hands-on companion to the book

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready term frequency code
- you want solutions in languages other than Python
- you expect a maintained library with an API

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: programming-language, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, tutorials, education
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: programming-styles, term-frequency, companion-book, code-exercises, pedagogy

## Member repositories
- crista/exercises-in-programming-style (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.181020+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:56:10.982367+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/crista/exercises-in-programming-style (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.181020+00:00, sha c38726ab9481)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.