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> In practice what I see fail most often is not premature optimization but premature abstraction. Compare and contrast https://people.mpi-sws.org/~dreyer/tor/p

by eru 8mo ago

> In practice what I see fail most often is not premature optimization but premature abstraction. Compare and contrast https://people.mpi-sws.org/~dreyer/tor/papers/wadler.pdf https://people.mpi-sws.org/~dreyer/tor/papers/wadler.pdf

tasuki 8mo ago
Philip Wadler gave us a sound type system. Rob Pike gave us a programming language for stupid people. Each contributed in their own way, towards different goals.
- eru 8mo ago
  Interestingly, Philip Wadler also worked on the generics in Go, I think?