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		louthy on Aug 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cognitive loads in programming > I’ve spent way too many hours stepping through over-abstracted declarative code, getting frustrated at the opacity of it all. Then it’s not declarative

sramam on Sept 1, 2022 [–]

True from the reader's perspective. The writer begged to differ!

Twisol on Sept 1, 2022 | [–]

Arguably, the writer confused "abstract" for "generic".

> The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. (Djikstra)

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