Does Python 'enable' poke and hope programming?

[Ethan Furman]

On 08/03/2013 10:30 AM, CM wrote:
>
> But what I meant is that if one is writing a program, there is a way
>  to **know**--without experimentation--what a particular set of code
>  is going to do.

Even when you /know/, experimenting is still good for two other purposes:

   - check that what you know is so

   - check that the interpreter behaves consistently with the docs

But yes, I otherwise agree with you.

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~Ethan~