LWN: Comments on "Re: [patch 6/13] signal/timer/event fds v8 - timerfd core ..." http://lwn.net/Articles/228682/ This is a special feed containing comments posted to the individual LWN article titled "Re: [patch 6/13] signal/timer/event fds v8 - timerfd core ...". hourly 2 Data structures are key http://lwn.net/Articles/229327/rss 2007-04-05T13:46:34+00:00 dwheeler Morton said "I find that the key to understanding kernel code is to understand the data structures and the relationships between them." <p> <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/193244/">Linus Torvalds noted last year that</a>: "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." <p> Fred Brooks noted this decades ago: "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."