Frederick P. Brooks wrote that adapting to programming’s requirement for perfection is, in his view, the most difficult part of learning to program.

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Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 2: NO MOAT IN BLOAT How to Train a Computer

"Frederick P. Brooks wrote that adapting to programming’s requirement for perfection is, in his view, the most difficult part of learning to program."

Brooks describes programming as demanding unusual precision and writes that adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, in his view, the most difficult part of learning to program.

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Source title Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, 2nd edition

Source authors Frederick P. Brooks

Source year 1995

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