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More recently I've started to consider abstraction an optimization of code readability/understandability. Following the rules of optimization, it should only b

More recently I've started to consider abstraction an optimization of code readability/understandability. Following the rules of optimization, it should only be done when absolutely needed. 1. Do not abstract. 2. Do not abstract. 3. Quantitative measurement of the benefit, then abstract. This has worked out really well for me over the last 3 years.

j88439h84 8y ago
You're saying that adding abstraction increases readability, but that you want to avoid doing that until step 3?
- User23 8y ago
  I read it as understand what your procedure is doing in a full context before abstracting.
  - dsego 8y ago
    If there is anything worse than no abstraction, it is a wrong or leaky abstraction.