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“It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.”

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Alan Perlis

Alan Perlis was a renowned computer scientist, born on April 1, 1922, and passed away on February 7, 1990. He made significant contributions to the field of computer science, particularly in programming languages and algorithm design. more

“There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs. And when the lambs whisper among themselves, "These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever is the opposite of a bird of prey must be good," there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument-though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb.”

Giving Looks Doe Reason Facts Evil Trust Taste Bird Argument Opposites Be Good Odd No Reason Prey Lambs Birds Of Prey

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is trouble in my mind There is dark, there's dark and there is light There is no order, and there is chaos, and there is crime There is no one home tonight, in the empire of my mind”

Mind Home Light Order Dark Trouble Crime Trust Chaos Tonight Empires Of My Mind

Author:Jakob Dylan

“He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.”

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Book:Modern Painters

Source: Modern Painters

“Before you give advice, that is to say advice which you have not been asked to give, it is well to put to yourself two questions - namely, what is your motive for giving it, and what is it likely to be worth? If these questions were always asked, and honestly answered, there would be less advice given.”

Ifs Giving Wells Two Would Be Given Advice Trust Honestly Motive

Author:John William Mackail

“I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data structures more important. Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.”

Important Facts Differences Worry Trust Claims Structure Data Code Programming Programmers Computer Programming Computer Programmers Data Structures

Author:Linus Torvalds

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