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>> without running the command yourself,

> the latter is falsified by the fact we can reason about code despite the Halting Problem

i think wokwokwok's point holds true in practice.

Our patience and working-memory is far more limited than what is essential to accurately model all the necessary details of even moderately complex algorithms in our head.

One of the main reasons to limit code-complexity to improve readability/maintainability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity



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