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I'm not sure your opening assertion is true. The root of "most" of the complexities? In the programming I've done or seen, the problem is not so much mutable state as a lack of abstraction and an overabundance of detail through the code.

dan
– dan

2012-01-12 14:33:57 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 14:33
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@Dan: Interesting. I've seen a lot of the opposite, actually: Problems stem from over-use of abstraction, making it difficult to both understand and, when necessary, to fix the details of what's actually going on.

Mason Wheeler
– Mason Wheeler

2012-01-13 03:52:35 +00:00
Commented Jan 13, 2012 at 3:52

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