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Abstraction considered harmful

Name: Anonymous 2008-04-27 19:31

From SICP:

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate

Which means that with abstraction the whole system will grow and bloat without the programmer noticing it.

Discuss

Name: Anonymous 2008-04-29 7:09

>>48
I cannot understand why anyone who's not a faggot would want "really hot lava" in addition to normal lava in his game.

Name: Anonymous 2008-04-29 7:30

Why not just make all lava "really hot", it's fucking lava for chrissake.

Name: Anonymous 2008-04-29 8:00

>>51 speaks the truth.
>>48 is just wrong

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