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jmilloy · 2012-09-27 14:17:33+00:00

Can you concretely state what the abstraction you are describing is? In particular, what details does it hide or factor out?

nwmcsween | karma 1122 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2014-12-22 06:06:48+00:00

Abstraction in my definition is hiding of complexity and it does just that.

pan69 | karma 3171 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2014-12-25 20:26:43+00:00

What abstraction are you specifically referring to if I my ask?

pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2017-08-25 22:11:16

What abstraction do you mean?

winrid | karma 4020 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2024-03-01 14:24:48

The abstraction isn't really defined or isolated that way, but kinda.

jiggunjer | karma 391 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2020-05-07 05:24:15+00:00

This is called abstraction.

sambull | karma 626 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2018-09-02 18:58:24

Abstraction

BerislavLopac | karma 29912 | avg karma 5.43 · | 2019-12-24 10:39:23

Abstraction.

BerislavLopac | karma 29912 | avg karma 5.43 · | 2020-10-06 21:49:38

Abstraction.

drdeadringer | karma 1676 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2017-06-09 01:17:47+00:00

Abstraction.

sz | karma 1172 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2010-11-17 14:51:34

This looks awesome, thanks. How to design abstractions was what I had in mind when posing the question.

icebraining | karma 48925 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2019-03-04 01:40:40+00:00

Can you give an example of one such abstraction?

adamnemecek | karma 57571 | avg karma 6.54 · | 2021-08-18 23:04:17

What abstraction did you use?

hyperluz | karma 248 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2023-02-20 16:54:11

What is an abstraction?

miriamkp | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2015-06-30 22:32:26

That's really interesting and helpful — thanks. I've heard CS people talk about abstraction a lot, but hadn't realized they were using the term in the way you describe.

toomuchtodo | karma 88050 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2016-04-08 15:02:00+00:00

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Abstraction is for ease of use, not ignorance as to what's occurring under the hood.

senorrib | karma 219 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2023-05-13 22:15:56

It does not. It's not about abstraction, but encapsulation.

kotrin | karma 87 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2011-01-28 00:23:20+00:00

abstraction abstraction abstraction

luord | karma 2640 | avg karma 2.84 · | 2019-01-27 20:34:13

Looks more like indirection than abstraction to me, but then again someone could say that abstractions are just indirections one likes.

mises | karma 1585 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2019-05-28 00:03:39

I might try doing this as a learning project. Can you offer any advice as to what those abstractions are? I'd appreciate some advice to avoid the "going back" part.