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Niklaus Wirth
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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.
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Wirth was the chief designer of the programming languages Euler (1965), PL360 (1966), ALGOL W (1966), Pascal (1970)
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Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
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Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
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Niklaus Emil Wirth (15 February 1934 - 1 January 2024) was a Swiss computer scientist.
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