Chapter 1, Problem 7E

Explanation of Solution

Abstraction being productivity enhancer and resulting negative consequences

• Abstraction is the property in which essential details are only displayed to the user.
• This means as long as everything about the detail is fine, then there is no need to understand the makeup of the components.
• In some cases, there is a need to deconstruct the components.
• Deconstructing means the ability to go from abstraction to its component parts.
• In case if it breaks or if it does not work then there is a need to understand how abstraction works and also about the inner working of components...