Comment by esafak Comment by esafak 4 days ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Increased abstraction is why we don't all program in assembly any more.
Copy Link fzeindl 4 days ago Collapse Comment - Agreed, but my point is that an abstraction should provide discernible gain of value, not merely roll a handful of operations of the same level into one. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Joker_vD 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Or, to re-word it in the words of the parent comment, that's why we don't write write programs in assembler that output even more assembler. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Joker_vD 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - Or, to re-word it in the words of the parent comment, that's why we don't write write programs in assembler that output even more assembler. Reply View | 0 replies
Agreed, but my point is that an abstraction should provide discernible gain of value, not merely roll a handful of operations of the same level into one.