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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 10:44:09 JST clacke

   • Shawn Hooper (he/him) 🇨🇦

   Father of the Wirth family of languages, most famously Pascal, Niklaus Wirth would have been 90 years old in a few weeks. He passed away three days ago.

   Apart from programming languages, both his own and collaboration and standardization with others, he also contributed to our body of knowledge in algorithms, methodology, user interfaces and OSes, much of which still hasn't seen its full potential. He will influence the field for decades to come.

   Thank you for your work, Wirth. Pascal was the second programming language I learned and it influenced me greatly in my early years. I have yet to check out your later work, but it's been on my list for a long time.

   Learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_…

   I heard about it /via fosstodon.org/@shawnhooper/111… @shawnhooper

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     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 10:48:34 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     I was unaware of Wirth's passing. Thanks for the post.
     
     I took an intro class with Pascal at the same time I was doing a C course, so Pascal could be my 2nd or 3rd language (being preceded by various dialects of BASIC from the 1970s onward).
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2024 23:16:59 JST silverwizard

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     • Shawn Hooper (he/him) 🇨🇦
     @clacke @shawnhooper Wirth's initial paper on Oberon changed how I think about software, it's a huge loss
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     Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 22:45:59 JST Jason_Dodd

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     @clacke While I've used ALGOL and PASCAL I don't remember hearing of Wirth. I'll have to do some research.

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