AbstractionsVsConcretions

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Read this interesting thread with conversations about scepticism about abstractions.

In general I'm more in favour of / defensive of abstractions here (when they are less cumbersome and verbose) than many people seem to be.

But it's worth understanding more.

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Maths vs ComputerScience

Do mathematicians have better abstractions than programmers because they are more conservative / careful about creating them?

See the thread from here :

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