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Niklaus Wirth

  • Niklaus Emil Wirth
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Wirth, Niklaus
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Date of birth
1934-02-15
Place of birth
Winterthur
Date of death
2024-01-01
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Niklaus Emil Wirth (IPA: ) (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".

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32682
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0000000084056132
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wirthniklaus
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL371477A
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108127625
Wikidata ID
Q92604

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