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Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
-- Niklaus Wirth
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Quote #8 Rob Pike says: `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. (See Brooks p. 102.)'...
Why is Pascal a five cent language? That's how much a Nicholas Wirth (Niklaus Wirth) (nickel is worth).
Knuth: /knooth/ [Donald E. Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming"] n.
Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms....
Knuth /ka-nooth'/ n. [Donald E. Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming"] Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about data structures or algorithms.
A safe answer when you do not know: "I think you can find that in Knuth....
upload /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host' one.
A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called a download (but see the note about ground-to-space comm under that entry)....
upload: /uhp'lohd/ v. 1. [techspeak] To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral `client' system to a larger or central `host' one.
A transfer in the other direction is, of course, called a {download} (but see the note about ground-to-space comm under that entry)....
Niklaus Wirth has lamented that, whereas Europeans pronounce his name correctly (Ni-klows Virt), Americans invariably mangle it into (Nick-les Worth).
Which is to say that Europeans call him by name, but Americans call him by value....