Re: Lack of software abstractions

All programming languages are an abstraction to what is really going on 
in a machine. Some languages are just more abstract than others.

J simplifies the NOTATION of complex things. It does nothing to reduce 
the inherent complexity of those things.

Skip Cave


Devon McCormick wrote:
> Here's an interesting comment by Paul Robinson, mentioning APL, on how
> software development
> is hindered by lack of adequate abstractions:
> http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.54.html .
>
> This is something J is good at.  Though, in a way, it's too good: it 
> seems
> when people
> encounter real abstraction, they start talking about how hard it is to
> understand.  However,
> at some point this is an irreducible problem: even when you simplify 
> complex
> things as
> much as possible, they are often still complex.