[HN Gopher] Notes on Structured Programming (1970) [pdf]
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       Notes on Structured Programming (1970) [pdf]
        
       Author : BerislavLopac
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2024-04-24 11:55 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | eimrine wrote:
       | I like "on our inability to do much" part.
        
       | Swizec wrote:
       | > What I am really concerned about is the composition of large
       | programs, the text of which may be, say, of the same size as the
       | whole text of this booklet.
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       | At 88 pages, I think that falls on the smaller end of what most
       | programmers deal with these days. Sounds like the ideas of
       | structured programming and later evolutions have been a huge
       | success!
        
       | ape4 wrote:
       | By the man who said "Goto considered harmful"
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful
        
         | Jtsummers wrote:
         | No, by the man who wrote a letter/article which got that title.
         | Wirth, as the article you linked indicates, gave it that title.
        
       | Someone wrote:
       | For some, the transcription of this text
       | https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD02xx/E...,
       | via https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/index02xx.html) may be
       | easier to read.
       | 
       | It definitely is better searchable.
        
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