Carolina QuotesShow 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.
Fred Brooks Carolinian
Source
Pp. 102–3.
- work
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (1975, 1995)
- year
- 1975
- locator
- Pp. 102–3
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“Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall…” Fred Brooks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8E6DD2F39C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8e6dd2f39c
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