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   Niklaus Wirth (1934-2024) was a Swiss computer scientist who designed several influential programming languages, such as Pascal and Oberon. He also contributed to software engineering, operating systems, and hardware design, and won the Turing Award in 1984.

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

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   Feb 22, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth, Visionary Software Architect, Dies at 89 Pascal, the programming language he created in the early days of personal computing, offered a simpler alternative to other languages in...

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

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   Jan 5, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth, creator of Pascal, Modula-2, and Oberon languages, died on January 1, 2024. He was a professor at ETH Zurich and a pioneer of software engineering and personal computing.

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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 4,...

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

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   Jan 4, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth, who developed the influential Pascal programming language and helped establish computer science in Switzerland, passed away on 1 January 2024. He was a long-serving ETH Professor and received the prestigious ACM Turing Award in 1984.

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   Feb 28, 2024 · Another muse was a software visionary in Switzerland, Niklaus Wirth, whose elegantly simple coding language, Pascal, helped power the personal-computer revolution at Apple in the 1980s and ...

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   Who is Niklaus Wirth?

   • "RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth". The Register. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024. Wirth, Niklaus (April 1971). "Program Development by Stepwise Refinement". Communications of the ACM. 14 (4): 221–227. doi: 10.1145/362575.362577. hdl: 20.500.11850/80846. S2CID 13214445.

   Niklaus Wirth - Wikipedia

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   When did Niklaus Wirth die?

   • 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.

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   Where did Niklaus Wirth grow up?

   • Niklaus Wirth grew up in Switzerland, and he spent most of his professional life at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. After earning his first degree there in 1959, he left for graduate study in North America and earned his Ph.D. in 1963 from the University of California, Berkeley.

   Niklaus E. Wirth - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

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   What happened to Niklaus Emil Wirth?

   • 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.

   In Memoriam: Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) - CHM

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10. amturing.acm.org › award_winners › wirth_1025774Niklaus E. Wirth - A.M. Turing Award Laureate

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    Jan 1, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist who developed innovative languages such as Euler, Algol-W, Modula and Pascal. He received the ACM Turing Award in 1984 for his contributions to programming language design and implementation, and influenced generations of computer scientists and engineers.