1. programming - Noun
2. programming - Verb
Derived from program
creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
setting an order and time for planned events
Source: WordNetIt is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. Edsger W. Dijkstra
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. Alan Perlis
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Alan Perlis
Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. Brian Kernighan
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Alan Perlis
Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. Bjarne Stroustrup