Niklaus Wirth, Who Inspired a Generation of Computer Programmers, Dies at 89 (opens in new tab)

(wsj.com)

18 pointstheflyingelvis2y ago4 comments

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ChrisArchitect2y ago· 1 in thread

[dupe]

Not sure why the obit so late (NYT did same strangely)

Lots of discussion and anecdotes back when news broke at start of the year:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012

julienchastang2y ago

The article and HN title should have been titled "A Remembrance of Niklaus Wirth, Who Inspired a Generation of Computer Programmers". It is not really a dupe with that in mind. Interesting piece.

mitchbob2y ago

Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-compute...

theflyingelvisOP2y ago

Very good article that has a few interesting anecdotes about his life.

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