[prog] Joel on Software: Leaky Abstractions

[Robert J. Hansen]

> Good point.  Does anyone know of any non-leaky abstraction?  Is that even
> achievable?

Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem suggests no; Claude Shannon says no. 
Any non-leaky abstraction would necessarily be of the same complexity as
the problem, hence, it wouldn't be an abstraction.

Leaks are the price you pay for abstractions.

-- 
Robert J. Hansen <rjh at sixdemonbag.org>