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I am in the staring camp. Until you understand what the code is supposed to be doing, what is there to experiment on? Code is not as complex as most things in t
by inimino 10y ago
I am in the staring camp. Until you understand what the code is supposed to be doing, what is there to experiment on? Code is not as complex as most things in the world, and reasoning about it is actually extremely useful.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoMoreover, I think that if you can't reason about the code you're looking at, you don't understand it and you definitely should not be changing anything in it. Otherwise you're like a cat under the car's hood, saying "I found the problem - the engine is made out of parts".