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"Programming is usually taught by examples."
Niklaus WirthIn the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a prog — Niklaus Wirth
"In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever."
Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth
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Niklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, "for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages".
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