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I can't believe what I'm reading here. Architecture goes hand in hand with which datastructures and algorithms you "unlock". How exactly do you define "Architec

I can't believe what I'm reading here. Architecture goes hand in hand with which datastructures and algorithms you "unlock". How exactly do you define "Architecture"?

roflyear 4y ago
I think it makes sense. You don't need to be familiar with every data structure to research them.
andreareina 4y ago
In the small vs in the large. How are responsibilities split up along the modules? Are there layering violations? Is the right problem even being solved, or is there maybe a way to avoid the "is this a concatenation of two words" check altogether?
PeterisP 4y ago
I would define "architecture" (as it appears in applied software development) as working on the structure and interaction of system components much larger than a single data structure or a single algorithm; where many of those components might be separate systems themselves. When "architecture" handles specific data representations, it's usually talking about the data representation and encoding at some API or "API-like" (e.g. file, message, etc) interface between two systems or persistent storage, not about the temporary representation of that data during some processing; and "architecture" is generally much more about the semantics of that data and possibly differing assumptions/expectations about that data between different components, rather than the performance characteristics of that representation for a particular algorithm except in the relatively rare case when a single algorithm represents the majority of that system's purpose and performance.
jacknews 4y ago
How do you define architecture, and 'beyond'? IMHO addressing almost any real problem involves much wider concerns, and actually of a different nature, than just basic data structures and algorithms and their properties, that these puzzles test. They are just a small part of what it takes to produce something useful, and often not needed at all, or can be easily googled.

I can't believe what I'm reading here. Architecture goes hand in hand with which datastructures and algorithms you "unlock". How exactly do you define "Architecture"?

roflyear 4y ago

I think it makes sense. You don't need to be familiar with every data structure to research them.

andreareina 4y ago

In the small vs in the large. How are responsibilities split up along the modules? Are there layering violations? Is the right problem even being solved, or is there maybe a way to avoid the "is this a concatenation of two words" check altogether?

PeterisP 4y ago

I would define "architecture" (as it appears in applied software development) as working on the structure and interaction of system components much larger than a single data structure or a single algorithm; where many of those components might be separate systems themselves. When "architecture" handles specific data representations, it's usually talking about the data representation and encoding at some API or "API-like" (e.g. file, message, etc) interface between two systems or persistent storage, not about the temporary representation of that data during some processing; and "architecture" is generally much more about the semantics of that data and possibly differing assumptions/expectations about that data between different components, rather than the performance characteristics of that representation for a particular algorithm except in the relatively rare case when a single algorithm represents the majority of that system's purpose and performance.

jacknews 4y ago

How do you define architecture, and 'beyond'? IMHO addressing almost any real problem involves much wider concerns, and actually of a different nature, than just basic data structures and algorithms and their properties, that these puzzles test. They are just a small part of what it takes to produce something useful, and often not needed at all, or can be easily googled.