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Re:Cognitive loads in programming by louthy on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @07:55PM (#32669919)
> 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

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Re:Cognitive loads in programming by sramam on Thursday September 01, 2022 @12:44AM (#32672107)
True from the reader's perspective. The writer begged to differ!
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Re:Cognitive loads in programming by Twisol on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:39AM (#32672422)
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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