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I've always sort of thought of explicit state machines as a sort of failure state when it comes to finding a good abstraction for some logic. Explicit state ma

I've always sort of thought of explicit state machines as a sort of failure state when it comes to finding a good abstraction for some logic. Explicit state machines are the sledgehammer that lets you bludgeon through the problem space regardless. I get that they're an useful intermediate state for parsers and so, but still. I'm no fan.

kqr 4y ago
This is a good point. The state machine abstraction is very low level. I guess what would be interesting would be domain-specific abstractions implemented on top of state machines. Defining the domain-specific abstractions in the terminology of state machines may make them more approachable also to non-domain experts.