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If math did a good job with encapsulation, you would be able to have an applied math class with no math algorithms.
by amichail 1y ago
If math did a good job with encapsulation, you would be able to have an applied math class with no math algorithms.
- Jtsummers 1y agoThat's not an example. Can you please provide an actual example of a leaky abstraction instead of merely asserting their existence.
- amichail 1y agoCan you teach applied linear algebra without teaching the algorithms (e.g., Gaussian elimination)?
- Jtsummers 1y agoDoes the presence of an algorithm mean that there is a leaky abstraction? And if that's all it takes (I'm not agreeing with you, I think this is a poorly considered heuristic), then isn't software engineering chock-full of leaky abstractions? So it's at least as bad as mathematics, and likely worse by your own measure of what makes for leaky abstractions.
- Jtsummers 1y agoAre you not interested in discussing this?