> A little duplication is better than the wrong abstraction Besides the notion of "The wrong abstraction", which is sometimes used as a proxy for "Abstractions

> A little duplication is better than the wrong abstraction Besides the notion of "The wrong abstraction", which is sometimes used as a proxy for "Abstractions I don't want to learn", we're discussing about language level abstractions here. The article you quote criticizes user level abstractions. Language-level abstractions have a decent enough track record that we can assess them. Go even uses some of them: GC is, after all, an abstraction. There would also be a lot to say about what the "little" in "A little duplication" means.