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Premature abstraction

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization.

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Reuben Thomas wrote:

"grievous". "an equally grievous sin as" still isn't grammatically correct, sadly. How about "is as grievous a sin as"; the equally is tautological.

∴ Reuben Thomas | 26-Apr-2006 6:51am est | #9423

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