The Law of Leaky Abstractions¶
Spolsky, J. (2002). The Law of Leaky Abstractions. Joel on Software.
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Primes¶
- Abstraction
This source(Tier C — bibliography only; existence verified.) Canonical formulation 'all non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky.' No authoritative link: the sole source is the author's personal blog (joelonsoftware.com), which the linking policy excludes; left link-less. See flag.
Mechanisms¶
- Adapter or Facade Layer
- Its honest failure mode is that no translation is airtight — the substitute's latency, ordering, and failure behavior seep through the wrapper, the Law of Leaky Abstractions in action.
This sourceStates that nontrivial abstractions leak, with latency, failure behavior, and storage-order effects remaining visible through their interfaces.
- Its honest failure mode is that no translation is airtight — the substitute's latency, ordering, and failure behavior seep through the wrapper, the Law of Leaky Abstractions in action.
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