Thanks for your answer. I find it very interesting how different people come to different conclusions about these basic approaches to writing programs. Imho, as

Thanks for your answer. I find it very interesting how different people come to different conclusions about these basic approaches to writing programs. Imho, as always, there's no one true answer and understanding where everyone comes from is very important in understanding this divergence of thought. In my work I don't think I could live without these higher level abstractions anymore. It enables me to write clear and concise code that helps me keeping accidental complexity under control so that I can focus on the essence of what I'm trying to codify. Performance on the other hand is not a primary concern to me, given it stays above some acceptable threshold. I appreciate how different tasks would require different approaches. I'm interested in which direction go goes (no pun intended).