Quote: programs are complex systems that should be reliable and infinitely malleable; they should manage complexity and facilitate change

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[Programs] are complex systems that people expect to … change. There are two powerful mechanisms available for … key is to suppress the appropriate details. This … decomposition. Ideally, these types capture concepts that will …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: decomposition creates structure while abstraction suppresses detail; data abstraction decomposes a system into domain-specific types that remain relevant over the lifetime of a program

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