> What about the benefits of abstraction? You seem to have a strangely narrow definition of "abstraction". Start here: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/b

> What about the benefits of abstraction? You seem to have a strangely narrow definition of "abstraction". Start here: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#...