Hands Quote by Niklaus Wirth

Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.

— Niklaus Wirth

If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

“As long as we are engaged in this orgy of unnecessary terminology and notation…”

— David J. Griffiths

The precision provided (or enforced) by programming languages and their execution can identify lacunas, ambiguities, and other areas of potential confusion in conventional [mathematical]…

— Kenneth E. Iverson

In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.

— Robert A. Heinlein

To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.

— Evan Parker

I was eventually persuaded of the need to design programming notations so as to maximize the number of errors which cannot be made, or…

— Tony Hoare

If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

— Chip Kidd

Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.

— Terry Pratchett

What I do instead is I will cheerfully spend literally hours on identifier names: variable names, method names, and so forth, to make my…

— Joshua Bloch

In almost every computation a great variety of arrangements for the succession of the processes is possible, and various considerations must influence the selections…

— Ada Lovelace

“Definitions create conditions.”

— Alfred Korzybski