Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, "for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages".[3]
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Born | Niklaus Emil Wirth (1934-02-15)15 February 1934 Winterthur, Switzerland |
Died | 1 January 2024(2024-01-01) (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 |
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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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