A discipline of programming Edsger W. Dijkstra
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.

Somewhere in the middle are the true software engineers, who approach computer programming in a disciplined and rigourous knowledge-based manner, similar to that of engineers in other fields. Knowing that the details make the product itself. They are reasonably easy to reproduce and can be debugged using standard methods (code coverage). Dijkstra should be included here. In fact, Dijkstra should go at the top, followed by Knuth. Http://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Programming-Edsger-W-Dijkstra/dp/013215871X. Central Staff, oversee the daily operation of the residence hall through the implementation of all residence life policies and procedures related to maintenance, programming, housing assignments, and disciplinary matters. Dijkstra's 1976 book, A Discipline of Programming, explains a design process which is very clearly the origin of both TDD and Design by Contract. Still, if the only problems were deterministic access violations, I could live with them (I'm a very disciplined programmer). Http://www.amazon.com/Category-Computer-Scientists-Foundations-Computing/dp/0262660717. If you are feeling scholarly, Edsger W. And experienced individual who could create great solutions; however inconsistent and unpredictable. Dijkstra talks about this problem in detail in one of my favorite books, "A discipline of programming." Also, here's an article with a surprisingly simple recursive solution: http://nicolas-lara.blogspot.com/2009/01/permutations. Dijkstra - a Discipline of Programming. A disciplined and knowledgeable programmer, who is strong in implementation, but lacks creativity and drive. And in fact, some of these disciplines are diametric. Having the basis for ingenuity is a great thing for kids, and I can't really ever see that going away, but I really think that programming as a discipline is becoming more a means to an end rather than an end in and of itself. I think "A Discipline of Programming", " Formal Development of Programs and Proofs" or "A Method of Programming" by Edsger W. Immutable Object Programming (IOP) enforces a discipline on the programmer, much like structured programming enforced a discipline on programmers. That being said, to continue with jslade's analogy, there are different disciplines in programming (just as there are in ninjutsu, and in sports).