"Structured programming" considered harmful
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The problem with "structured programming" lies not so much in its content as in its sociology, the elevation of good heuristics into bad dogma, and the creation of the illusion that difficult problems are easy.
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article Free Access Share on "Structured programming" considered harmful Author: Paul Abrahams New York University, New York, New York New York University, New York, New YorkView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGPLAN NoticesVolume 10Issue 4April 1975 pp 13–24https://doi.org/10.1145/987278.987280Published:01 April 1975Publication History 12citation579DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations12Total Downloads579Last 12 Months61Last 6 weeks22 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF