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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. 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 ...

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6. 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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7. 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 vision of a personal computer for everyone.

8. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/02/28Niklaus Wirth, Swiss software visionary who built Pascal ...

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   Feb 28, 2024 · Niklaus Wirth, software developer who saw power in simplicity, dies at 89. ‘The art in engineering is not so much to make something very complicated,’ Dr. Wirth said. ‘The art is to make a...

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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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   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.

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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.theregister.com › 2024/01/04 › niklaus_wirthRIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth • The Register

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    Jan 4, 2024 · The Swiss computer scientist, who won the Turing Award in 1984, passed away on New Year's Day at 89. He was known for his contributions to programming languages, operating systems, and software engineering.