E.W.Dijkstra Archive: Two views of programming (EWD 540)Two views of programming by Edsger W. Dijkstra In the world around us we encounter two radically different views of programming: View A: Programming in essence is very easy. View B: Programming is intrinsically very difficult. One can dismiss this discrepancy by concluding that, apparently, in the two views the same word "programming" is used in two quite different meanings, and then return to the
