Slices time complexity

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>:

> There is a little magic elf hiding inside the computer, and when you
> type an expression like '2 + 3', little tiny hammers bang it out in
> Morse Code on the elf's head; in response, the elf calculates the
> answer on his teeny tiny abacus and passes it back to the interpreter.

That would be a perfectly valid semantic explanation if it really
predicted the output.

> Since this explanation explains the observed behaviour, according to
> you it is equally valid as one involving, you know, actual facts.

It doesn't explain the observed behavior. It doesn't differentiate
between correct and incorrect outcomes.


Marko