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Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth
Swiss Scientist
Born: Feb 15, 1934
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Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps. Niklaus Wirth
Construction Consists Steps Refinement Sequence Program
Programming is usually taught by examples. Niklaus Wirth
Programming Examples Taught
Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy. Niklaus Wirth
You People Programming Analogy Others Religions Tend Like Look Another Styles Fallacy Cannot Languages Many Belong
It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner. Niklaus Wirth
Evidently Systematic Solutions Some Generate Test Candidates Manner Necessary
Our ultimate goal is extensible programming (EP). By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system. Niklaus Wirth
Construction Programming Adding Our System Hierarchies New Ultimate Ultimate Goal Goal Mean Each Functionality
Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings. Niklaus Wirth
Software Development Human Human Beings Beings Activity Technical
Usually its users discover sooner or later that their program does not deliver all the desired results, or worse, that the results requested were not the ones really needed. Niklaus Wirth
Later Worse Results Deliver Sooner Sooner Or Later Does Were Discover Really Users Desired Program Needed
Yet, 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 Quality Worth Will Software Approach Recognized High Structured High-Quality Investing Development Come Safe Am Effort Convinced Languages Using Based Need Careful

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