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Quotes from Niklaus Wirth — Niklaus Wirth

1934–2024 Switzerland

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In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity.

Niklaus Wirth (1997)

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

Niklaus Wirth (1999)

... we do not consider it as good engineering practice to consume a resource lavishly just because it happens to be cheap.

Niklaus Wirth (2013)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Niklaus Wirth (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.