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Niklaus Wirth
12 quotes
“Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Go To statement considered harmful.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Often attributed to Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, but it was the title to a letter in CACM 11, 3 (March, 1968). However The original title of "A Case against the GO TO Statement" (EWD215, PDF here, ACM has its own copy online) …
Also quoted by: Edsger W. Dijkstra (misattributed)
“In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Niklaus Wirth (1997) "A Few Words with Niklaus Wirth". Dr Carlo Pescio eds. June 1997.
“Reliable and transparent programs are usually not in the interest of the designer.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Niklaus Wirth (1999) "A Digital Contrarian Retires". Beat Gerber eds., June 1999.
“... we do not consider it as good engineering practice to consume a resource lavishly just because it happens to be cheap.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Niklaus Wirth (2013) "Project Oberon". Section 2.3, p. 21.
“As a matter of fact, the adaptability of a program to changes in its objectives (often called maintainability) and to changes in its environment (nowadays called portability) can be measured primarily in terms of the degree to which it is neatly structured.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be such that a gradual development can be nicely demonstrated.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long as possible.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Programming is usually taught by examples.”
Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source