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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