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Nope, the same single meaning. English to program is the same kind of abstraction as going from assembly to program to C to program to high level scripting to
by coldtea 5mo ago
Nope, the same single meaning.
English to program is the same kind of abstraction as going from assembly to program to C to program to high level scripting to "4G languages" and so on, and hiding all kinds of details behind a much terser layer. It's just that it's a qualitative jump at it.
Here's a ChatGPT provided answer asked to "define abstraction in programming, like when going from assembly to C to scripting, etc":
"Abstraction in programming is the process of building layers where each layer hides the details of the layer below".
- eikenberry 5mo agoIn math/computers abstraction has a technical meaning that requires deterministic behavior for the abstraction to work. It isn't a proper abstraction if it doesn't always do the same thing underneath. Abstraction as a layering idea without regard to how it works is like the pop-pych version in that it is "right" but misses nuance.