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		jiggy2011 on Sept 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Torvalds' quote about good programmers Maybe this is a dumb quesion , but I don't get how you would write code without thinking about your data structures? Most of the code I write is manipulating a data structure in some way, I have no idea how I would even know where to begin with at least some idea about which structure I should be using.

mdonahoe on Sept 23, 2012 [–]

The data structure you choose will have a profound impact on the code you write, so choose wisely.

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