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— Alan Perlis"FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer."
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To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end in itself. The importance of formal specifications must ultimately rest in their utility -in whether or not they are used to improve the quality of software or to reduce the cost of producing and maintaining software.
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I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.
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