On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > While I don't agree with the whole example, I think Kevin is right with the > point that it's a matter of level of abstraction.
I have to question whether constantly moving up that ladder is the correct way to go. Specifically, where is the diminishing return level of abstraction? My suspicion is that it is a very personal answer. I do keep coming back to the literate programming world, though. It is just too appealing in how similar it is to how it seems everything is taught. I can't help but thinking the "javadoc" style of thinking you can jump in at any given method to fully understand what is happening somewhere is a fallacy that causes more harm than is admitted. (See http://www.johndcook.com/normal_cdf_inverse.html for a good example. Really, any of his posts on the topic. http://www.johndcook.com/blog/tag/literate-programming/) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
