Comment on Do the simplest thing that can possibly work (2004)parentComments−Zetice3yIf your point is, "abstractions don't have zero cost" point taken. But if your point is, "abstractions have meaningful cost", I'd rephrase that as, "The better an abstraction is, the closer to zero its cost becomes."Can we agree on that?−addaon3yAbsolutely.And in particular, I'd like to rephrase my original statement of:Outsourcing of complexity is /not/ elimination of complexity.toOutsourcing of complexity /reduces/ complexity, but not all the way to zero.−Zetice3yWoo, agreement! And a good point, too!
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If your point is, "abstractions don't have zero cost" point taken. But if your point is, "abstractions have meaningful cost", I'd rephrase that as, "The better an abstraction is, the closer to zero its cost becomes."
Can we agree on that?
Absolutely.
And in particular, I'd like to rephrase my original statement of:
to
Woo, agreement! And a good point, too!