On being one's own programming self
Peter J. Denning · 1975
Structured has become the name of a popular movement toward better programming in the past two years. Among the popular interpretations of the advice advanced by the masters, are many strong proclamations that anyone, by following a few simple prescribed rules, can be transformed into a programmer of top grade, and the productivity of programming shops everywhere can be multiplied. Experience, particularly with students in programming courses, leads to the tentative conclusion that some (but not all) will be helped by the rules of structured programming; and that the quality of their products will rise, though not to the extent one might expect from the inflated claims of some structuralists.