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Programming is an Engineering Profession

This paper argues that programming should evolve from a craft into a true engineering profession. Tony Hoare draws analogies between programmers and traditional craftsmen who are skilled but lack a strong theoretical foundation.

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“A crude measure of the simplicity of an engineering tool is the length of the manual required to give a full and complete account of how to use it and avoid misusing it.”
Tony Hoare

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“All advances in engineering are tested first on small-scale models, in wave tanks, or in wind tunnels. Without models, the research would be prohibitively expensive, and progress would be correspondingly slow.”
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• Title: Programming is an Engineering Profession

• Author: Tony Hoare

• Type: Article

• Publisher: Prentice-Hall

• Publication time: May, 1982

• Publication place: New Jersey, United States

• Link: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/63445.C1104373

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