"Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster."

"In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensable luxury, but a simple necessity."

"Reliable and transparent programs are usually not in the interest of the designer."

"... we do not consider it as good engineering practice to consume a resource lavishly just because it happens to be c…"

"As a matter of fact, the adaptability of a program to changes in its objectives (often called maintainability) and to…"

"But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs."

"Clearly, programming courses should teach methods of design and construction, and the selected examples should be suc…"

"During the process of stepwise refinement, a notation which is natural to the problem in hand should be used as long …"

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

"In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactor…"