Dijkstra argued that elegant programs often also admit shorter formal correctness proofs.

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"Dijkstra argued that elegant programs often also admit shorter formal correctness proofs."

Dijkstra links elegance with shorter correctness proofs, supporting a connection between aesthetic simplicity and mathematical verification rather than an equal-weight claim. + Publication year for Dijkstra’s essay in Structured Programming (Infotech State of the Art Report), pp. 203–216.

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Source title Programming methodologies, their objectives and their nature

Source authors Edsger W. Dijkstra

Source year 1976

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