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Re:Dijkstra on the cruelty of really teaching computing scie... by tedunangst on Monday September 06, 2010 @11:39AM (#1666855)
"Abstractions leak" is pretty far from what I got out of that paragraph. Actually, I don't think leaky abstractions have much to do with the fact that small changes have large consequences.
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Re:Dijkstra on the cruelty of really teaching computing scie... by loup-vaillant on Monday September 06, 2010 @12:20PM (#1666910)
An abstraction that leaks is only a small change compared to the corresponding perfect abstraction. But such a small change can have big consequences.

Leaky abstractions can easily be seen a subset of what Dikstra is talking about.

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