"The establishment of formal standards for proofs about programs [...] and the proposal that the semantics of a progra…"

"A semantic definition of a particular set of command types, then, is a rule for constructing, for any command of one …"

"It is, therefore, possible to extend a partially specified interpretation to a complete interpretation, without loss …"

"If the advancement of the general art of programming requires the continuing invention and elaboration of paradigms, …"

"Although my own previous enthusiasm has been for syntactically rich languages like the Algol family, I now see clearl…"

"If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to …"

"To the designer of programming languages, I say: unless you can support the paradigms I use when I program, or at lea…"

"For having a clear influence on methodologies for the creation of efficient and reliable software, and for helping to…"

"Americans have always been especially prone to regard all things as resulting from the free choice of a free will. Pr…"

"Democracy is clearly most appropriate for countries which enjoy an economic surplus and least appropriate for countri…"