7.7 Important Threads
In the last two chapters, we have mentioned several topics in passing that are important not only in problem solving but also in computing in general. Let’s review some of the common threads discussed in these chapter.
Information Hiding
We have mentioned the idea of deferring the details several times. We have used it in the context of giving a name to a task and not worrying about how the task is to be implemented until later. Deferring the details in a design has distinct advantages. The designer sees just those details that are relevant at a particular level of the design. This practice, called information hiding, makes the details at a lower level inaccessible during the design of the higher levels.
This practice ...
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