Programming

A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a machine or to express algorithms.

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The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson

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“ The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user. ”
― C.A.R. Hoare

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“ Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. ”
― Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled

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