In the same spirit: The nice thing about declarative programming is that you can write a specification and run it as a program. The nasty thing about declarati

In the same spirit: The nice thing about declarative programming is that you can write a specification and run it as a program. The nasty thing about declarative programming is that some clear specifications make incredibly bad programs. The hope of declarative programming is that you can move a specification to a reasonable program without leaving the language. - The Craft of Prolog, Richard O'Keefe (1990) (copied from CTM)