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> [Usually its users discover sooner or later that their program does not deliver all the desired results, or worse, that the results requested were not the ones really needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/usually-its-users-discover-sooner-or-later-that-their-program-does/)

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## More by Niklaus Wirth

> [ Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. (Or, sometimes known by\] Grove \[the head of Intel\] giveth and Gates \[the head of Microsoft\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/software-gets-slower-faster-than-hardware-gets-faster-or-sometimes/)

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> [C++ is an insult to the human brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/c-is-an-insult-to-the-human-brain/)

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> [Usually its users discover sooner or later that their program does not deliver all the desired results, or worse, that the results requested were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/usually-its-users-discover-sooner-or-later-that-their-program-does/)

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> [Our ultimate goal is extensible programming. By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/our-ultimate-goal-is-extensible-programming-by-this-we-mean-the/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/during-the-process-of-stepwise-refinement-a-notation-which-is-natural/)

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> [Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/program-construction-consists-of-a-sequence-of-refinement-steps/)

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> [The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/the-idea-that-one-might-derive-satisfaction-from-his-or-her/)

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> [Prolific programmers contribute to certain disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/prolific-programmers-contribute-to-certain-disaster/)

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> [The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/the-possible-solutions-to-a-given-problem-emerge-as-the-leaves-of-a/)

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> [Nevertheless, I consider OOP as an aspect of programming in the large; that is, as an aspect that logically follows programming in the small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/nevertheless-i-consider-oop-as-an-aspect-of-programming-in-the-large/)

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> [In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/in-the-practical-world-of-computing-it-is-rather-uncommon-that-a/)

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> [My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/my-being-a-teacher-had-a-decisive-influence-on-making-language-and/)

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> [Good engineering is characterized by gradual, stepwise refinement of products that yields increased performance under given constraints and with given resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/good-engineering-is-characterized-by-gradual-stepwise-refinement-of/)

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> [Professors typically spend their time in meetings about planning, policy, proposals, fund-raising, consulting, interviewing, traveling, and so forth, but spend relatively little time at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/professors-typically-spend-their-time-in-meetings-about-planning/)

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> [A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niklaus-wirth/a-primary-cause-of-complexity-is-that-software-vendors-uncritically/)

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