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 ...

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.

Although perhaps not as much of a household name as other pioneers of last century’s rapid evolution of computer hardware and the software running on them, Niklaus Wirth’s contributions puts ...

Dr. Wirth's coding language, Pascal, helped power the personal-computer revolution at Apple in the 1980s and elsewhere and profoundly streamlined how programmers built their instructions.

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 ...

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 ...

The Association for Computing Machinery has reported that Niklaus Wirth, the Swiss computer scientist known as the creator of the programming language Pascal, has died at age 89.

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Niklaus Wirth—a pioneer in the computer science industry— passed away on January 1, 2024, at the age of 89. His legacy stems from the way he simplified complicated computer science problems.

Computer genius Niklaus Wirth who bought the world Pascal, Euler and Oberon has died. He was 89. Wirth was born on February 15, 1934, in Switzerland, He is famous for creating several programming ...

Among other feats in computer history, Nicklaus Wirth created Pascal, an influential programming language in the early days of personal computing. He died on Jan. 1. He was 89.