Niklaus Wirth, Turing award winner and Pascal creator has died at the age of 89

[John Z]

Another sad passing of a software giant . . . .

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/

John Z

[frankie]

R.I.P 

[Marco]

My programming journey started all the way back in the late '80s, early '90s. The first programming language I learned was Pascal. R.I.P.

[MrBcx]

I wrote my first Ms-Dos TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) using Borland Turbo Pascal
back in the 1980's.  Pascal is an easy language to pick up but I find BASIC more to my liking.

At 89, Mr. Wirth defied all the averages for male longevity, so congrats for that.  It's always
sad to say a final goodbye but the harsh truth is that none of us gets out of here alive.   

[HellOfMice]

He also wrote Modula-2


I have a book he wrote may be I could send it very expensive...

[alderman2]

You realize that the art of computer programming is not old when the "firsts" that were up and running are now starting to die off.

[TimoVJL]

Some old languages are still used in these days.
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