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The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

— Niklaus Wirth

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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.

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Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

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

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In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.

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