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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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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.

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

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   Apr 1, 2024 · ETH Zurich mourns the loss of its long-serving professor and Turing Award winner, who developed influential programming languages and helped establish computer science in Switzerland. Wirth was known for his passion, simplicity and elegance in software design, and his work influenced generations of programmers.

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

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   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.

7. 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,...

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

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   Jan 5, 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 University (1960), and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley (1963).

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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.

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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 computer system did Niklaus Wirth develop?

   • Following Lilith, Niklaus Wirth developed Ceres in 1986, another computer system including the Oberon operating system and Oberon programming language. Ceres computers were used to train computer science students at ETH Zurich until around 2003.

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10. 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 .”.