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Structured programming (sometimes known as modular programming [citation needed]) enforces a logical structure on the program being written to make it more efficient and easier to understand and modify. History Theoretical foundation. The structured program theorem provides the
4 days ago · Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist who developed the paradigm for writing computer programs called structured programming, in which programs were built out of modular units. He is also known for his 1959 solution to the problem of the shortest path between two nodes of a network.
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Mar 8, 2015 · Today, he is best known as the inventor of structured programming, a master of tongue-in-cheek commentary, and a former owner of a Volkswagen van dubbed “the Touring Machine.”. Despite what he might have said about object oriented programming, Dijkstra is always a part of Flatiron School lectures.
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The Forefathers of Structured Programming (1965-1967)" To nut it quite bluntly : as long as there were no machines. , programming was no problem at all; when we had a few weak computers , programming became a mild problem, and now [that] we have gigantic computers, programming has become an equally gigantic problem. "Edsger U. Dijkstra [DIJK72B]
History. Theoretical foundation. The structured program theorem provides the theoretical basis of structured programming. It states that three ways of combining programs—sequencing, selection, and iteration—are sufficient to express any computable function.
It emerged in the 1960s—particularly from a famous letter, Go To Statement Considered Harmful .— and was bolstered theoretically by the structured program theorem, and practically by the emergence of languages such as ALGOL with suitably rich control structures. Control structures.
The concept of structured programming started in the late 1960’s with an article by Edsger Dijkstra. He proposed a “go to less” method of planning programming logic that eliminated the need for the branching category of control structures. The topic was debated for about 20 years.