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     • Dr. Wirth died of heart failure on Jan. 1 at his home in Zurich, his daughter Tina Wirth said. He was 89.
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     Niklaus Wirth, Visionary Software Architect, Dies at 89

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   • Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling—the incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration. With sadness we note the passing of Niklaus Emil Wirth, Swiss computer scientist and 2004 CHM Fellow, who died at the age of 89 on January 1, 2024.

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   • With sadness we note the passing of Niklaus Emil Wirth, Swiss computer scientist and 2004 CHM Fellow, who died at the age of 89 on January 1, 2024. Niklaus Wirth was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1934.

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   Who is Niklaus Emil Wirth?

   • Niklaus Emil Wirth was born on Feb. 15, 1934, in Winterthur, Switzerland, the only child of Walter Wirth, a geography professor, and Hedwick (Keller) Wirth, who managed the family’s home. He was a precocious child. “In primary school, I first wanted to become a steam-engine driver, later a pilot,” he recalled in a 2014 interview.

   Niklaus Wirth, Visionary Software Architect, Dies at 89

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   • Computer pioneer Niklaus Wirth died on 1 January 2024, just weeks before his 90th birthday. The long-serving ETH Professor of Computer Science achieved world fame by developing the Pascal programming language in the 1970s.

   Computer pioneer Niklaus Wirth has died | ETH Zurich

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3. www.nytimes.com › niklaus-wirth-deadNiklaus Wirth, Visionary Software Architect, Dies at 89

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   Feb 22, 2024 · Dr. Wirth died of heart failure on Jan. 1 at his home in Zurich, his daughter Tina Wirth said. He was 89. He wasn’t nearly as well known as programmers such as Steve Wozniak, who founded...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Niklaus_WirthNiklaus Wirth - Wikipedia

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   Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 – 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering.

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6. www.wsj.com › tech › personal-techNiklaus Wirth, Who Inspired a Generation of Computer ...

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   Mar 4, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth, Who Inspired a Generation of Computer Programmers, Dies at 89. The Turing Award winner had a mantra for computing and much of life: simplify. By. Chris Kornelis. Updated March...

7. www.computerhistory.org › blog › in-memoriam-niklausIn Memoriam: Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) - CHM

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   Jan 5, 2024 · With sadness we note the passing of Niklaus Emil Wirth, Swiss computer scientist and 2004 CHM Fellow, who died at the age of 89 on January 1, 2024. Niklaus Wirth was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1934. He received the degree of electronics engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) in 1959, an MSc from Laval ...

8. www.britannica.com › biography › Niklaus-Emil-WirthNiklaus Emil Wirth | Inventor of Pascal, Algol-W, & Oberon

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   May 1, 2024 · Niklaus Emil Wirth (born February 15, 1934, Winterthur, Switzerland—died January 1, 2024, Zürich) was a Swiss computer scientist and winner of the 1984 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science, for “developing a sequence of innovative computer languages, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA and PASCAL .”.

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   Niklaus Emil Wirth was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, on Feb. 15, 1934, to Walter and Hedwig Wirth. His father was a teacher and his mother was a homemaker. As a child he loved trains and ...

10. ethz.ch › en › news-and-eventsComputer pioneer Niklaus Wirth has died | ETH Zurich

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    Apr 1, 2024 · Ac­cord­ing to his fam­ily, Wirth passed away peace­fully on 1 Janu­ary 2024. Wirth had a key role in es­tab­lish­ing com­puter sci­ence in Switzer­land.