> Abstraction is not there to make things easier to understand, it is there to empower you _after_ you understand the abstraction. It is there to pack the knowl

> Abstraction is not there to make things easier to understand, it is there to empower you _after_ you understand the abstraction. It is there to pack the knowledge you _already have_ after working with some system, and being able to port it to similar systems. I think some abstractions exist for either reason, and some for both reasons, but either way thanks for saying it this way - you definitely put it better than I did.