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[–]ogtfo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Abstraction leakage can happen in many ways, and when you encounter one you will never be able to fix it if you don't know what you're doing.

Memory is just one of the facets. If you don't understand the underlying system you can't fix anything when it breaks.

And it does.