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05/30/06 16:26
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 		 #117297 - abstraction is the ideal
Responding to: ???'s previous message
You've hit on it all right, Erik, but I think you meant it differently than I.

You see, a high-level language is supposed to facilitate abstraction. It enables you to represent one thing with another. It enables you to present, in simple terms, what might require quite a large and complex amount of code. Programming, in general, requires abstraction.

No, it's not the random splats of paint on the canvas, but it is abstraction.

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TopicAuthorDate
stupid code            01/01/70 00:00      
   Optimiser?            01/01/70 00:00      
      I use the NASA approach            01/01/70 00:00      
         Optimisation            01/01/70 00:00      
   it's an oscillator!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Not stupid at all            01/01/70 00:00      
      context            01/01/70 00:00      
   how about just plain ugle code?            01/01/70 00:00      
      stupid, but for other reasons            01/01/70 00:00      
      Normal?            01/01/70 00:00      
         watch your language            01/01/70 00:00      
            I think the word is "inane."            01/01/70 00:00      
               nope            01/01/70 00:00      
            Too Late            01/01/70 00:00      
   Always false            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just a typo ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   That reminds me            01/01/70 00:00      
      That's why I keep saying ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      You never know            01/01/70 00:00      
         I object vehemently            01/01/70 00:00      
         it's because he's stupid, not clever            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hmmmmmm...            01/01/70 00:00      
            who maintains?            01/01/70 00:00      
   stupid me            01/01/70 00:00      
   Not stupid you,stupid programmers            01/01/70 00:00      
      not HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
         abstraction            01/01/70 00:00      
            abstraction is the ideal            01/01/70 00:00      
               if you do not care about cost/performanc            01/01/70 00:00      
                  getting back to your original statement.            01/01/70 00:00      
   sheesh            01/01/70 00:00      

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