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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. Re:After a long night of coding once by JediTrainer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I looked down in suprise to find a leaky abstraction. Had to change pants.

    Stop looking at porn sites, and you might be able to avoid that problem.

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    You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. The impossible just takes a little longer.
  2. Re:After a long night of coding once by ERJ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And, of course, as soon as my first post got sinked it became +4 funny....

  3. Hmm... by Xformer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Imagine that we had a way of sending actors from Broadway to Hollywood that involved putting them in cars and driving them across the country. Some of these cars crashed, killing the poor actors.

    Unlike TCP, though, we don't have the ability to re-send copies of Hollyweird actors. Or do we?

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    All I want is a kind word, a warm bed and unlimited power.
  4. Re:After a long night of coding once by blackbeaktux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn right. It's +0 Normal.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go change.