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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.”

Quote by Niklaus Wirth

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Niklaus Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist renowned for his contributions to programming languages and algorithm design. His most famous works include the programming language Pascal and Modula-2, as well as the Wirth algorithm. Wirth's work has had a profound impact on the development of computer science. more

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