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 Wirth in 2005 | |
| Born | Niklaus Emil Wirth 15 February 1934 Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Died | 1 January 2024 (aged 89) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Citizenship | Switzerland |
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| Known for | ALGOL W, Euler, Pascal, Modula, Modula-2, Oberon, Oberon-2, Oberon-07, Oberon System |
| Children | 3[3] |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
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| Thesis | A Generalization of Algol (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harry Huskey, Edward Feigenbaum |
| Doctoral students | Martin Odersky, Michael Franz |
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Niklaus Emil Wirth (IPA: /vɛrt/) (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. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, "for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages".[4]
- ^ "IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Niklaus Wirth 2004 Fellow". Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ Gosch, John (25 October 1979). Weber, Samuel (ed.). "Wirth works to better Pascal" (PDF). Profile. Electronics. Paul W. Reiss. p. 157. ISSN 0013-5070. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
[his family] includes two girls and a boy
- ^ "Niklaus E. Wirth - A.M. Turing Award Laureate". Association for Computing Machinery. 2019. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2024.