> The point that I take away is that the ability to express your needs in a declarative way (e.g., "place these two tasks such that they have such-and-such late

> The point that I take away is that the ability to express your needs in a declarative way (e.g., "place these two tasks such that they have such-and-such latency) is much more scalable, flexible and resilient than coding to machine-specific internals. The latter is easier to update and supports delegation of responsibilities. That makes total sense to me, thanks.