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eckyptang on Sept 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: New C# to Javascript compiler released

Yes no limits to abstractions always works perfectly..

Check out this stack trace:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/os-ecspy1/sta...

Now imagine that across three different languages.

erik-kallen on Sept 3, 2012 [–]

Java has been said to be a DSL to convert XML configuration into stack traces. But what does this have to do with compiling C# to Javascript?

eckyptang on Sept 3, 2012 | [–]

The abstraction is too deep. The stack trace above is an example of what too deep abstractions do to those who have to use them.

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