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<p>[The</a> Programming Task Considered as an Intellectual Challenge](<a href=“http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD02xx/EWD273.html]The”>EWD Archive: The Programming Task Considered as an Intellectual Challenge (EWD 273))</p>
<p>This article is written by Edsger Dijkstra, one of the preeminent computer scientists of all time. While you may not agree with everything he says, it provides some food for thought.</p>