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>An IDE can be a powerful abstraction how IDE "can" be an abstraction? It's tool, it's wrapper (e.g button over commandline commands), but abstraction?

• xxpor 5y ago
  The line between the two isn't very clear, nor is it productive to really argue about it, IMO
  • tester756 5y ago
    >nor is it productive to really argue about it I do agree
    • Nevermark 5y ago
      It was still a good question! There is a line between a tool: A) that makes managing relevant information more efficient, while not hiding any of that information. B) vs. a tool that hides some details, providing a tradeoff of higher productivity MOST of the time, but at the cost of requiring a fall back tool on other (rare?) occasions. I would say, once a tool stops providing access to any (even rarely) relevant details, it has become an abstraction.