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Hints on programming-language design

In this paper, Tony Hoare outlines foundational principles for designing programming languages, emphasizing that readability and simplicity are more valuable than clever features or machine optimization.

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“In all spheres of human intellectual and practical activity, from carpentry to golf, from sculpture to space travel, the true craftsman is the one who thoroughly understands his tools.”

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• Title: Hints on programming-language design

• Author: Tony Hoare

• Type: Article

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall

• Publication time: October, 1973

• Publication place: New Jersey, United States

• Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/63445.C1104368

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