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"first you learn the value of abstraction, then you learn the cost of abstraction, then you're ready to engineer" https://mobile.twitter.com/KentBeck/status/25

• justicezyx 9y ago
  "Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection"
  • Anchor 9y ago
    Except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
    • adwn 9y ago
      And for the problem of insufficient performance.
      • Rexxar 9y ago
        Cache are a level of indirection and they increase performance.
        • adwn 9y ago
          Some problems of insufficient performance can be solved by layers of indirection, but not all. The original quote quantifies over all problems: > "Any problem in computer science can be solved with another layer of indirection" Otherwise, good point – I did not think of this.