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		cinnamonheart on July 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beginner's Guide to Abstraction One of my favourite quotes on the topic of abstraction comes from Dijkstra, too. > The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.

kqr on July 5, 2020 [–]

Yes! And this also ties in to the notion that abstractions should encapsulate invariants.

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