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Is it possible that you are misinterpreting what Spolsky meant? I think he means that in the real world we interact with implementations of abstractions, and th
by kieckerjan 6y ago
Is it possible that you are misinterpreting what Spolsky meant? I think he means that in the real world we interact with implementations of abstractions, and that the implementation always shines through and can bite you in the ass. This is what makes side-channel attacks possible, and (in Spolsky's view) unavoidable.
- lmm 6y ago> I think he means that in the real world we interact with implementations of abstractions, and that the implementation always shines through and can bite you in the ass. I understood fine. He asserts that "always" on the basis of a handful of examples, only one of which even attempts to show anything more than a performance difference. It's nonsense.
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