Especially while learning a new language cut & paste is a pretty good way to get function definitions from the the tutorial into the interpreter.

Having to re-type a bunch of stuff that is already in a computer makes me feel like it is 1978 again.

Cut and paste is a good way to get the definitions from the tutorial into the interpreter without reading them.

Personally, I've only ever had a problem copy-pasting from the web. Even then, it is rare; a mild occasional annoyance well worth the price of the clutter free syntax.

There are other uses for cut/paste besides CutAndPasteProgramming; for example, one may want to post a snippet to a comment box that doesn't offer a preview function.

def foo(): if something: do_something_else print "bar"

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