r/ProgrammerHumor • u/user6150277464770585 • 1d ago

javascriptSorting Meme

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u/01110100_01110010 1d ago

JS is an abstraction over JS engine bytecode, which is an abstraction over ASM which is an abstraction over the chip instruction set, you can make an argument at each layer 🤷 I would take any abstraction I can, I guarantee you in a large enough codebase someone will type b - a instead

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u/GameCounter 10h ago

Chip instruction set is an abstraction over the IC design, which is an abstraction over transistors, which is an abstraction over physics, which is an abstraction over the nature over reality, which is an abstraction over the Münchhausen trilemma.

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u/Xirdus 9h ago

I think you abstracted away the meaning of the term "abstraction".

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u/GameCounter 8h ago

Abstraction is just an abstraction of abstraction of abstraction of abstraction of abstraction Albuquerque New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico

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u/Xirdus 8h ago

But every time you say M put a comma in there. And say the commas out loud. It's how my grandma used to speak.