Engineering Procedure

[Alex S]

(08-03-2019 06:25 PM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  I imagine it's understood by most people on this forum.

An hour-long video about the oberon language has a couple of quotes I really liked (at around 36 minutes into in, give or take):

• Programs must not be regarded as code for computers, but as literature for humans.
• Reducing size and complexity is the triumph.

Underneath Niklaus Wirths heading "What have I learnt?" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXY78gPMvl0&t=1975s you can find:

• Writing a program is difficult
• Writing a correct program is even more so
• Writing a publishable program is exacting
• Programs are not written. They grow!
• Controlling growth needs much discipline
• Reducing size and complexity is the triumph
• Programs must not be regarded as code for computers, but as literature for humans
  

Great and humble insights from a real genius.