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Re:Leaky Abstractions by lmm on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:37PM (#27389933)
Requirements are not the same thing as implementation details. 2 + 2 = 4 is a sound abstraction, the fact that 1 + 2 doesn't = 4 doesn't make it "leaky".
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Re:Leaky Abstractions by klodolph on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:18AM (#27391114)
2 + 2 = 4 isn't an abstraction. I think we just have a different idea of what an "abstraction" is, which is fine.
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