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Mills, H.D. , Linger, R.C. , "Data structured programming: Program design without arrays and pointers ", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , SE-12 , 2 , pp. 192-197 , February 1986 . Google
193 ;;Quote: avoid arrays because they create many dependencies; use sets, stacks, and queues instead
193 ;;Quote: wrote 20 thousand line program without arrays; used verification instead of unit testing; no errors after installation
193 ;;Quote: a set is the barest notion of data storage, i.e., mere existence
193 ;;Quote: assigning to a set is adding a member; accessing a set is removing a member
194 ;;Quote: scan a queue without destruction by appending eoq and wait until it appears
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