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Are you seriously saying that you can't understand the concept of different abstractions having different levels of usefulness? That's the law of averages taken
by pessimizer 8mo ago
Are you seriously saying that you can't understand the concept of different abstractions having different levels of usefulness? That's the law of averages taken to cosmic proportions.
If this is true, why have more than one abstraction?
- selridge 8mo agoI just think everyone who says they don't like magic should be forced to give an extemporaneous explanation of paging.
- antonvs 8mo agoAre you seriously saying you can’t understand the parallel being drawn here? If you “don’t like magic”, you can’t use a compiler.
- skydhash 8mo agoIs a compiler magic? Did they came from an electronic heaven? There are plenty of books, papers, courses,... that explains how compiler works. When people are talking about "magic", it usually means choosing a complex solution over a simple one, but with an abstraction that is ill-fitted. Then they use words like user-friendly, easy to install with curl|bash, etc to lure us into using it.
- antonvs 8mo agoI’m referring to what it actually says in the article, such as, “I don’t like using code that I haven’t written and understood myself.” Reading comprehension is not magic.