My position is different: abstraction is good. As long as you understand the lower layers and are able to manipulate them if needed.
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*nods* The average assembler requires understanding a template engine AND platform assembly.
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The heavy magic the CPU pulls to make everything appear to happen in sequence. Memory hierarchies. OS interaction. There's so much!
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Oh we’ve yet to touch the joy or multi-core memory models :p
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Virtual memory! Or: addresses are a lie.
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Pipeline stalls in the CPU!
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4 letters: NUMA
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You win. *fondly remembers his time with an SGI Onyx2*
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Like JS is low level for the browser..?
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JS is on at least three dozen levels of abstraction. And weed.
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Right.
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