Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@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 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
