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Computer Systems Colloquium (Spring 2011)

3. The Power of Abstraction (April 20, 2011)

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Barbara Liskov discusses how the abstraction mechanisms we use today came to be, how they are supported in programming languages, and some possible areas for future research. (April 20, 2011)

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