Episode
Abstraction and Learning with Runar Bjarnason
CoRecursive: Coding Stories · Mar 15, 2019 · 49 min
What is abstraction? Can we have a precise definition of abstraction that, once understood, makes writing software simpler? Runar has thought a lot about abstraction and how we can choose the proper level of abstraction for the software we write. In this interview, he explains these concepts using examples from the real world, from SQL, from effectful computing and many other areas. We also talk…