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I don't think the author is arguing everyone should use c for everything. He is arguing that everyone should write something in c so that they understand the ab
by adrusi 11y ago
I don't think the author is arguing everyone should use c for everything. He is arguing that everyone should write something in c so that they understand the abstractions they use better. Abstraction is great because it let's you build your conceptual structure atop a virtual foundation, but your structure will be more grounded and therefore more sound if you learn to connect your understanding of the virtual foundation to its physical origins.
- philipbuuck 11y agoYep, exactly. Abstractions help make us more productive, but if we don't understand what it is they're actually abstracting, I believe they're limiting us, not enabling us.
- qwertyuiop924 11y agoI'll toast to that. No, I was talking about the "Handmade Manifesto" that you linked to, which seemed to say that high-level abstractions are EVIL.