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When we had no computers, we h...

When we had no computers, we had no programming problem either. When we had a few computers, we had a mild programming problem. Confronted with machines a million times as powerful, we are faced with a gigantic programming problem.

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The problems of the real world...

The problems of the real world are primarily those you are left with when you refuse to apply their effective solutions.

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When I came back from Munich, ...

When I came back from Munich, it was September, and I was Professor of Mathematics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Later I learned that I had been the Department's third choice, after two numerical analysts had turned the invitation down; the decision to invite me had not been an easy one, on the one hand because I had not really studied mathematics, and on the other hand because of my sandals, my beard and my 'arrogance' (whatever that may be).

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In the wake of the Cultural Re...

In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote 'teamwork'. For its anti-individualistic streak, such a drive is of course highly suspect; some people may not be so sensitive to it, but having seen the Hitlerjugend in action suffices for the rest of your life to be very wary of 'team spirit'. Very.

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The required techniques of eff...

The required techniques of effective reasoning are pretty formal, but as long as programming is done by people that don't master them, the software crisis will remain with us and will be considered an incurable disease. And you know what incurable diseases do: they invite the quacks and charlatans in, who in this case take the form of Software Engineering gurus.

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When building sand castles on ...

When building sand castles on the beach, we can ignore the waves but should watch the tide.

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Production speed is severely s...

Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least a factor of four; probably it is worse.

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Much of the excitement we get ...

Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing.

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Besides a mathematical inclina...

Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.

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Computer science has as much t...

Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes.

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Some consider the puzzles that...

Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun clarity lest their work is considered trivial.

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Write a paper promising salvat...

Write a paper promising salvation, make it a structured something or a virtual something, or abstract, distributed or higher-order or applicative and you can almost be certain of having started a new cult.

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I don't need to waste my time ...

I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist.

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Don't blame me for the fact th...

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer, you must not fall into the trap of rejecting a surgical technique because it is beyond the capabilities of the barber in his shop around the corner.

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How do we convince people that...

How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity - in short: what mathematicians call elegance - are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?

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Testing shows the presence, no...

Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs.

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If in physics there's somethin...

If in physics there's something you don't understand, you can always hide behind the uncharted depths of nature. You can always blame God. You didn't make it so complex yourself. But if your program doesn't work, there is no one to hide behind. You cannot hide behind an obstinate nature. If it doesn't work, you've messed up.

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Raise your quality standards a...

Raise your quality standards as high as you can live with, avoid wasting your time on routine problems, and always try to work as closely as possible at the boundary of your abilities. Do this, because it is the only way of discovering how that boundary should be moved forward.

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The effective exploitation of ...

The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer.

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Aim for brevity while avoiding...

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

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