lGives an overview of the rest of the material
lTalks about abstraction
lIt
may take some time to appreciate this;
perhaps the whole semester,
or more.
l ÒTruth be told, all
software engineering is based on abstraction and abstract models.
Abstract
thinking is, developmentally speaking, a more advanced and sophisticated mode of thought that takes years for
children to acquire. There are some adults who
never learn to cut free of concrete
literalism.Ó
l Larry Constantine
Object
Magazine, Dec. 1996
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