> It means hiding implementation behind defined interfaces, so that it's
> hidden from code even though it may well still be in public view. Go
> find a programming book and look up "abstraction".

Then call it abstraction. You know how I'm going to react to the
word "hide" anyway ;-)

> Hiding internals from applications is a step *towards* an open,
> well-documented OS.

We agree.



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