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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by girvo on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @11:09PM (#11951309)
> therefore it invites obscure solutions that hides the real meaning behind layers upon layers of low level, irrelevant details

And thats exactly why I said "mostly agree" with my coworker! This is my exact gripe. Basically its the same idea, taken to an extreme to the point where it no longer matches the original reason.

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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by sklogic on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @03:51AM (#11952181)
There is nothing wrong with the idea per se. It's just implemented badly in Python. Instead of allowing unlimited abstraction, which is the only way to unlock this desired simplicity on all possible levels, they're limiting the abstraction and therefore increasing the complexity needlessly.
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