> It is precisely those restrictions that bring the benefits [...]
Wouldn't it be possible to say "ok, I'll take those restrictions as long as they benefit me, but once I notice that they no longer do, I'll break them and drop down to the lower layer. But only for those parts that actually require it"?
> Abstractions necessarily involve being irreversible, or, to forestall a tedious discussion of the definition of "irreversible", necessarily involve making it an uphill journey to violate and go under the abstraction.
Why? Not being snarky, I'm genuinely trying to understand this better.
Wouldn't it be possible to say "ok, I'll take those restrictions as long as they benefit me, but once I notice that they no longer do, I'll break them and drop down to the lower layer. But only for those parts that actually require it"?
> Abstractions necessarily involve being irreversible, or, to forestall a tedious discussion of the definition of "irreversible", necessarily involve making it an uphill journey to violate and go under the abstraction.
Why? Not being snarky, I'm genuinely trying to understand this better.