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Re:Java Developers by edem on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @10:08AM (#8069033)
According to Joel Spolsky all abstractions leak: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.htm...
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Re:Java Developers by Dewie on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @03:00PM (#8070924)
Does assembly language leak compared to machine code? That is, does mnemonic names for machine code instructions leak?
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Re:Java Developers by fanf2 on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @03:32AM (#8073270)
Yes: for example the x86 MOV instruction is actually a family of instructions. You can see the leakage in the restrictions on which combinations of addressing modes you can use.
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