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• During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long as possible.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Hands, Long, Problem

  "Program Development by Stepwise Refinement". Communications of the ACM 14 (4), April 1971.

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• Reliable and transparent programs are usually not in the interest of the designer.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Designer, Program, Interest

  "A Digital Contrarian Retires" by Beat Gerber, www.modulaware.com. March 1999.

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• My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Teacher, Teaching, Simple

  "Geek of the Week: Niklaus Wirth". Interview with Richard Morris, www.red-gate.com. July 26, 2012.

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• I have never designed a language for its own sake.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Sake, Language

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• Nevertheless, I consider OOP as an aspect of programming in the large; that is, as an aspect that logically follows programming in the small and requires sound knowledge of procedural programming.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Sound, Programming, Aspect

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

  Niklaus Wirth

  Design, Contemplation, Program

  "Program Development by Stepwise Refinement". Communications of the ACM, Vol. 14, No. 4, sunnyday.mit.edu. April 1971.

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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.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Design, Example, Development

  "Program Development by Stepwise Refinement". Communications of the ACM, Vol. 14, No. 4, sunnyday.mit.edu. April 1971.

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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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  Engineering, Tools, Woe

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• Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Programming, Faster, Software

  "Excel HSC Softw Design&Devel + Cards SG". Book by Geoff Lancaster, 2001.

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• Go To statement considered harmful.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Statements

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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.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Decision, Tree, Problem

  "Software Pioneers: Contributions to Software Engineering: Programme Development by Stepwise Refinement". Book edited by Manfred Broy and‎ Ernst Denert, June 27, 2002.

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• It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner.

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  Systematic, Tests, Solutions

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• I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages.

  Niklaus Wirth

  Time, Effort, Quality

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