Niklaus Wirth, software developer who saw power in simplicity, dies at 89 (washingtonpost.com) 23 points by karaokeyoga 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] airstrike 2y ago ↗ WriteLn('RIP'); [–] alyandon 2y ago ↗ :-/ Pascal was the first structured programming language I taught myself as a child.
[–] alyandon 2y ago ↗ :-/ Pascal was the first structured programming language I taught myself as a child.
[–] subharmonicon 2y ago ↗ Previous thread from early January: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012
[–] macintux 2y ago ↗ A few of the heavier discussions from 2 months ago, when he passed away:- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012 (403 comments)- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38871086 (61 comments)- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38994457 (61 comments)No shortage of other discussions as well since then:https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
[–] ChrisArchitect 2y ago ↗ Another weirdly late obitTHE discussion and anecdotes on this from when it was news at the start of the year:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 25.8 ms ] thread- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012 (403 comments)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38871086 (61 comments)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38994457 (61 comments)
No shortage of other discussions as well since then:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
THE discussion and anecdotes on this from when it was news at the start of the year:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012