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Could it be Linus Torvalds' "Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships." ?


Honestly, do not think so, but its close enough.


There's a well known quote from Fred Brooks too:

""Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won’t usually need your flowcharts; they’ll be obvious.""

(Though from your description I suspect that's also not the one?)




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