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handling complexity
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abstract data type
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machine independent programming
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primitive functions
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Reference
Wirth, N., "Programming languages: what to demand and how to asses them. Professor Cleverbyte's visit to heaven", Zurich, Institut fur Informatic Eidgenossische Technische hochuschule, 17, March 1967. Google
Other Reference
Stanford Computer Library #7926
3 ;;Quote: complexity may increase performance but at cost of intransparency, unreliability, and difficulty of documentation
3 ;;Quote: a simple design is more difficult to produce than a complex one; competes with trade-secrets and profits QuoteRef: wirtN3_1976 ;;3 "Languages to instruct or to construct machines?
4 ;;Quote: primary goal of programming language is to program in abstractions instead of hardware facilities
4 ;;Quote: need knowledge of computer architecture, instruction codes, and data representation to use a programming language
4 ;;Quote: a programming language provides functions without an abstract representation; e.g., 'and' is also modulo by power of 2
9 ;;Quote: a programming language needs modularization to encapsulate abstract concepts
9 ;;Quote: a programming language should have a complete, mathematical, definition independent of a compiler or computer
10 ;;Quote: language documentation should be concise without ill-defined technical jargon
11 ;;Quote: the compiler must be reliable; every program is checked against every single rule of the language
11 ;;Quote: a compiler needs exhaustive error checking, fast compilation, and efficient code
11 ;;Quote: the execution cost of language constructs should be reasonably predictable
15 ;;Quote: Pascal compiler programmed in Pascal itself; 7000 lines; 63 seconds to compile
15 ;;Quote: Pascal is almost too complex as a programming language
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Topic: handling complexity (60 items)
Topic: abstract data type (64 items)
Topic: data types in Thesa (92 items)
Topic: machine independent programming (13 items)
Topic: primitive functions (34 items)
Topic: programming by sequential implementation (26 items)
Topic: program module as encapsulation (28 items)
Topic: programming as mathematics (27 items)
Topic: software documentation (64 items)
Topic: compiler error checking (16 items)
Topic: compiler (18 items)
Topic: function cost (8 items)