Level of Indirection solves every Problem

Vicky picture Vicky · Nov 13, 2008 · Viewed 15.5k times · Source

What does the quote "Level of Indirection solves every Problem" mean in Computer Science?

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user6288 picture user6288 · Nov 13, 2008

Generally it means that by increasing the level of abstraction one can make the problem easier to understand/resolve.

Be careful with your abstractions though, the full quote at least as I heard it is, "You can solve every problem with another level of indirection, except for the problem of too many levels of indirection".