Niklaus Wirth

Scientist

1934-02-15

Quotes by Niklaus Wirth

• Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages.

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• It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner.

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• Our ultimate goal is extensible programming (EP). By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system.

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• Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical competence.

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