Quotes by Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth

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

Death

Design

Thinking

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.

Causes

Vendors

Want

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

Contemplation

Design

Program

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

Dedication

Simple

Work

C++ is an insult to the human brain

Brain

Human Brain

Insult

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.

Design

Development

Example

Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve inherently complex problems, which often do require complex mechanisms. However, this should not diminish our desire for elegant solutions, which convince by their clarity and effectiveness. Simple, elegant solutions are more effective, but they are harder to find than complex ones, and they require more time, which we too often believe to be unaffordable

Believe

Learning

Strong

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

Hands

Long

Problem

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

Choices

Example

Experience

Go To statement considered harmful.

Statements

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Admiration

Army

Aspect

Beautiful

Believe

Brain

Call Me

Causes

Certain

Choices

Code Quality

Computer

Construction

Contemplation

Death

Decision

Dedication

Degrees

Design

Designer

Details

Development

Disaster

Doe

Drawing

Duty

Education

Effort

Engineering

Example

Experience

Faster

Forever

Goal

Hands

Hardware

Hierarchy

Human Brain

Humans

Insult

Interest

Language

Learning

Long

Looks

Mean

Microsoft

Names

People

Perfection

The Future Blueprint

Tool

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

Tool

The Autobiography

Tool

The Behaviour Diary

Tool

The Dating Diary

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Quotes by Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth

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

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.

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

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

C++ is an insult to the human brain

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.

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

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

Go To statement considered harmful.

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