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But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

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A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.

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Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.

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The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

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But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

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Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.

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Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.

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I have never designed a language for its own sake.

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In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.

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Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Scientist

Born: February 15th, 1934

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