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Re:On Leaky Abstractions and Objective-J by sayrer on Monday December 08, 2008 @09:46PM (#390849)
Does anyone else find the term "leaky abstraction" annoyingly redundant?
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Re:On Leaky Abstractions and Objective-J by ced on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @10:42AM (#391356)
Why? Mathematical abstractions are leak-free, and so are a lot of computer abstractions. What's wrong with emphasizing the leakiness in some cases?
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