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Rule #5 of Rob Pike's rules of programming[0][1]: "Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will al
by theshrike79 1y ago
Rule #5 of Rob Pike's rules of programming[0][1]:
"Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming."
[0] https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~adnan/pike.html https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~adnan/pike.html
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24135189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24135189 (HN Discussion from 8/2020)
- leoh 1y agoThis is such a good one and I have wondered for years where it came from. Thanks!