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The Law of Leaky Abstractions

Posted by michael on from the house-of-cards dept.

Joel Spolsky has a nice essay on the leaky abstractions which underlie all high-level programming. Good reading, even for non-programmers.

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  1. Abstraction: by ewithrow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because the first step to solving any problem is always to create more problems.

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  2. even for non-programmers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great! I'll print off a hardcopy and stick it on my refrigerator! I'm sure my wife will love it!

  3. Re:After a long night of coding once by ERJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    +3 Informative? Trust me, this is information that I don't need...

  4. Leaky slashdotted server... by dereklam · · Score: 3, Funny
    I said that TCP guarantees that your message will arrive. It doesn't, actually. If your pet snake has chewed through the network cable leading to your computer, and no IP packets can get through, then TCP can't do anything about it and your message doesn't arrive.

    Unfortunately, his Slashdotted server is proving that to us right now.

  5. I'm sorry.. by Inoshiro · · Score: 3, Funny

    "1) Good! You got yr packet!"

    It seems like your keyboard keeps dropping packets. Could we have a repost of this comment?

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