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The main issue with rule of seven in an abstract field is that you can always invent more complex words and concepts, which chunk less readily: 1. Name ten typ
by mntmoss 7y ago
The main issue with rule of seven in an abstract field is that you can always invent more complex words and concepts, which chunk less readily:
1. Name ten types of animal
2. Now name ten programming constructs
The first will surely come more quickly than the second, and that indicates that our working memory is related to our experience: familiar ideas can be recalled and reused faster and more fluidly.
The trade is the same one when choosing between copy-pasted and abstracted code: Lots of obvious steps, versus one big black-box step which has been given some name. You need to justify the new vocabulary to start justifying the black-box.