What type of programmers do need to learn data structures?

1 pointsits_hertz4y ago2 comments

Or maybe the better and easier to address question is: what programmers don’t NEED to learn about data structures?

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Programmers who use data structures supplied by somebody else don't need to learn about data structures.

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That's probably most programmers, but they too should at least have an idea about what the datastructures they use mean and what properties they have.

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What type of programmers do need to learn data structures?

1 pointsits_hertz4y ago2 comments

Or maybe the better and easier to address question is: what programmers don’t NEED to learn about data structures?

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PaulHoule4y ago

Programmers who use data structures supplied by somebody else don't need to learn about data structures.

Please delete the duplicate.

detaro4y ago

That's probably most programmers, but they too should at least have an idea about what the datastructures they use mean and what properties they have.

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