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From: mh@wlbr.EATON.COM (Mike Hoegeman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Structured Programming
Message-ID: <26369@wlbr.EATON.COM>
Date: 8 Feb 89 16:36:23 GMT
References: <18291@adm.BRL.MIL> <9574@smoke.BRL.MIL> <226@algor2.UUCP> <5576@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: mh@wlbr.eaton.com.UUCP (Mike Hoegeman)
Organization: Eaton IMSD, Westlake Village, CA
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In article <5576@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>Simplifying outrageously, we state:
>
>     The primary purpose of structured programming is to allow mediocre
>     programmers to create good software.

I always got the impression it allowed mediocre programmers to create
mediocre software , the real value of it (at least in my experience) is
that it kept any program  from degenerating into a bag 'o worms during
it's life cycle.