Quote #674
I was eventually persuaded of the need to design programming notations so as
to maximize the number of errors which cannot be made, or if made, can be
reliably detected at compile time.
-- C.A.R. Hoare
I was eventually persuaded of the need to design programming notations so as
to maximize the number of errors which cannot be made, or if made, can be
reliably detected at compile time.
-- C.A.R. Hoare
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