Computer programming as an art

@article{Knuth1974ComputerPA,
  title={Computer programming as an art},
  author={Donald Ervin Knuth},
  journal={Commun. ACM},
  year={1974},
  volume={17},
  pages={667-673}
}
  • D. Knuth
  • Published 1 December 1974
  • Art
  • Commun. ACM
When Communications of the ACM began publication in 1959, the members of ACM's Editorial Board made the following remark as they described the purposes of ACM's periodicals [2]: “If computer programming is to become an important part of computer research and development, a transition of programming from an art to a disciplined science must be effected.” Such a goal has been a continually recurring theme during the ensuing years; for example, we read in 1970 of the “first steps toward… 
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