Data dominates
2005-06-11 Filed in: programming
A quote
from Rob Pike, I think I'll make it my favorite:
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.
It's rule 5 on this page (which in turn came from Ivan Lazarte's comment on the wiki ).
Second place, by Ken Thompson, from the same page:
When in doubt, use brute force.
Could be a mantra for Vlerq, that one!
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.
It's rule 5 on this page (which in turn came from Ivan Lazarte's comment on the wiki ).
Second place, by Ken Thompson, from the same page:
When in doubt, use brute force.
Could be a mantra for Vlerq, that one!