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Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing

From	Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing
Date	2011-11-09 22:06 +0000
Organization	Stack Usenet News Service
Message-ID	<alpine.DEB.2.00.1111092202460.12684@urchin.earth.li> (permalink)
References	(11 earlier) <CADC63E1.8F1D%bravegag@hotmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1111062256510.4201@urchin.earth.li> <CADCEE11.8FAB%bravegag@hotmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1111072336440.2611@urchin.earth.li> <obfuscation-20111108032118@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

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On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Stefan Ram wrote:

> Supersedes: <obfuscation-20111108031530@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
>
> Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> writes:
>
>> Touché! I would agree that any function is obfuscation; whether it is
>> helpful or unhelpful obfuscation varies.
>
>  A well-known function name is not obfuscation, for example,
>
> y = sin x,
>
>  compared to
>
> y = uht x

It *is* obfuscation, because you can't look at that statement and 
immediately see what it does. You rely on your general knowledge of the 
sine function - and of what angle unit this particular implementation 
happens to be using, what it does for out-of-range values, and so on. I 
would readily agree that calling it uht would make it even more mysterious 
to an oligolingual programmer such as myself, but the fact is that hiding 
the implementation behind any name is obfuscation.

The point is that obfuscation is not necessarily a bad thing! It's just 
that when we think it's a good thing, we tend to call it 'encapsulation'.

tom

-- 
The trouble with eating German cuisine is that 3 days later, you are
hungry again! -- Graham, uk.food+drink.misc

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Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 04:03 +0100
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 12:42 +0100
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-05 09:35 -0700
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 19:33 +0100
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 14:42 -0400
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 19:52 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-05 19:32 +0000
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 15:31 -0400
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 20:50 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 16:26 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:35 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:38 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 16:59 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:06 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:41 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:42 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 17:11 -0400
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:20 -0400
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:33 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:38 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 21:41 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-05 17:20 -0700
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-05 22:13 -0300
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-05 20:05 -0700
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 10:27 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 10:14 +0100
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-05 10:06 -0700
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 10:55 -0700
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 19:30 +0100
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 18:16 -0400
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:20 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:38 +0100
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-05 17:47 -0300
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 14:26 -0700
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-05 16:14 -0400
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 14:35 -0700
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:42 +0100
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:50 +0100
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2011-11-05 14:51 -0700
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 22:58 +0100
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:03 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-05 23:07 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2011-11-06 09:44 +0200
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 10:22 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-06 09:05 -0400
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 14:16 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 14:22 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-06 14:30 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:02 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:08 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-06 16:18 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:54 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:31 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 22:33 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 16:47 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-06 16:58 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-07 01:01 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:26 -0800
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-07 23:45 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 14:44 -0800
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 17:51 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 01:28 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 19:50 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 02:13 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-06 20:20 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 17:29 -0800
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:22 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-06 23:02 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 00:32 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 01:10 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-07 10:24 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:52 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-07 11:12 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-07 17:24 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Giovanni Azua <bravegag@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-07 02:08 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 05:03 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 05:13 +0100
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-07 23:38 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-09 22:06 +0000
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-09 18:02 -0800
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 00:28 +0100
    Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 00:39 +0100
      Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-11-06 20:57 -0400
        Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-11-07 04:58 +0100
          Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Silvio Bierman <silvio@moc.com> - 2011-11-07 15:13 +0100
            Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Cthun <cthun_202@qmail.net.au> - 2011-11-07 12:54 -0500
              Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "B1ll Gat3s" <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-07 18:07 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing B1ll Gat3s <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-07 22:07 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "B1ll Gat3s" <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-08 00:17 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-08 16:03 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Cthun <cthun_202@qmail.net.au> - 2011-11-08 15:49 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "B1ll Gat3s" <wm.g4t3s@m1cr0s0f7.c0m> - 2011-11-08 18:01 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-08 20:46 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing "Cthun" <cthun_202@qmail.net.au> - 2011-11-08 22:43 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-09 08:28 -0500
                Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-08 16:00 -0500
  Re: Immutable Datastructures with good Sharing Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-07 08:46 -0800

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