Niklaus Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist who designed several influential programming languages, most notably Pascal, and made significant contributions to software engineering methodology. He received the Turing Award in 1984 for his work in programming language design. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order 2 AwardComputer History Museum Fellow 2 AwardProgramming Languages Achievement Award 2 Awardhonorary doctorate at the Laval University 2 AwardIEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award 2 Awardhonorary doctorate of the Masaryk University 2 Contribution Kind Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Niklaus Wirth
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Source Modula (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Modula-2
Source NELIAC (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Oberon
Additional Source Wikipedia: Niklaus WirthInfobox: known_for
Source Wikidata: Object Pascal
Source Wikipedia: Niklaus Wirth
Source Programming Language Database: PL/0 (PLDB)
Invented By
Source Euler (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Source Extended Backus-Naur form (Wikipedia)
Source Programming Language Database (PLDB): Oberon
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1. Wikipedia: Niklaus Wirth
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Wirth was the chief designer of the programming languages Euler (1965), PL360 (1966), ALGOL W (1966), Pascal (1970), Modula (1975), Modula-2 (1978), Oberon (1988), Oberon-2 (1991), and Oberon-07 (2007).
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Niklaus Emil Wirth (IPA: ) (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
- Invented: Pascal, Programming languages section
- In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
Invented: Oberon, Infobox: known_for
Euler (programming language), Euler, ALGOL W, Pascal (programming language), Pascal, Modula-2, Oberon (programming language), Oberon, Oberon (operating system), Oberon System, Lilith (computer), Lilith, Ceres (workstation), Ceres, Top-down and bottom-up design, Stepwise refinement, Wirth's law
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Niklaus Wirth
3. Computer History Museum: Niklaus Wirth, Computer History Museum Fellow
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For seminal work in programming languages and algorithms, including Euler, Algol-W, Pascal, Modula, and Oberon
Programming Language Database (PLDB): Oberon
Invented By: Oberon, Page summaryQuote, Invented By: Oberon, Page summary
Oberon is a programming language created in 1986 by Niklaus Wirth.
Programming Language Database: PL/0 (PLDB)
Programming Language DatabaseInvented: PL/0, Summary lineQuote, Invented: PL/0, Summary line
PL/0 is a programming language created in 1976 by Niklaus Wirth.
Euler (programming language) (Wikipedia)
Invented By: Euler (programming language), LeadQuote, Invented By: Euler (programming language), Lead
Euler is a programming language created by Niklaus Wirth and Helmut Weber
Extended Backus-Naur form (Wikipedia)
Invented By: Extended Backus-Naur form, Lead, developerQuote, Invented By: Extended Backus-Naur form, Lead, developer
The earliest EBNF was developed by Niklaus Wirth, incorporating some of the concepts (with a different syntax and notation) from Wirth syntax notation.
NELIAC (Wikipedia)
Invented: NELIAC, Infobox: designersQuote, Invented: NELIAC, Infobox: designers
Harry Huskey, Maurice Halstead, Niklaus Wirth
Modula (Wikipedia)
Invented: Modula, Infobox: designerQuote, Invented: Modula, Infobox: designer
Niklaus Wirth
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