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

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“As a matter of fact, the adaptability of a program to changes in its objectives and to changes in its environment can be measured primarily in terms of the degree to which it is neatly structured.”

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“During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long as possible.”

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