Nicklaus Wirth

[Stephen Fuld]

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-computer-programmers-dies-at-89-6817b134

[John Levine]

Post by Stephen Fuld
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-computer-programmers-dies-at-89-6817b134

Here's a few that aren't paywalled. He died on 1 January but for some reason most of the obits
were just published in the last few days.

https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/remembering-niklaus-wirth-father-of-pascal-and-inspiration-to-many/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/niklaus-wirth-dead.html

[MitchAlsup1]

One of the few who deserves a salute to his work.

[Anton Ertl]

Post by John Levine
He died on 1 January

I met him for the second time in January 2020, at an event celebrating
the 100th birthday of Heiz Zemanek (an Austrian computer pioneer who
died in 2014). Interestingly, Heinz Zemanek was born on 1
January, so Wirth died on Zemanek's 104th birthday.

So he died on the 104th birthday of Heinz Zemanek.

Post by John Levine
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/remembering-niklaus-wirth-father-of-pascal-and-inspiration-to-many/

This is a very good one.

- anton

[Michael S]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:41:10 GMT

Post by Anton Ertl

Post by John Levine
He died on 1 January

I met him for the second time in January 2020, at an event celebrating
the 100th birthday of Heiz Zemanek (an Austrian computer pioneer who
died in 2014). Interestingly, Heinz Zemanek was born on 1
January, so Wirth died on Zemanek's 104th birthday.
So he died on the 104th birthday of Heinz Zemanek.

Post by John Levine
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/remembering-niklaus-wirth-father-of-pascal-and-inspiration-to-many/

This is a very good one.
- anton

Yes, a good one, but IMHO misses a key point: Nicklaus Wirth was first
and foremost a good writer.
It's a pity that he wrote so few books and instead spent 6th and 7th
decades of his life, the age most suited for books writing, on
something else.

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

[Niklaus] Wirth was first and foremost a good writer.

Maybe not in English. Remember that the Pascal spec was credited to
“Jensen & Wirth”, and I suspect Jensen was credited first because she did
a lot to keep it readable. I read something an article in English by
Wirth, once, and he came across as someone not completely fluent in it.

[Andy Valencia]

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Maybe not in English. Remember that the Pascal spec was credited to
"Jensen & Wirth", and I suspect Jensen was credited first because she did
a lot to keep it readable.

Whatever happened to Ms. Jensen? I can't find any work from her aside from
the famous report on Pascal. There were rumors at my old university (UC
Santa Cruz) that she'd been a student there once.

Andy Valencia
Home page: https://www.vsta.org/andy/
To contact me: https://www.vsta.org/contact/andy.html

[Stephen Fuld]

Post by John Levine

Post by Stephen Fuld
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-computer-programmers-dies-at-89-6817b134

Here's a few that aren't paywalled.

I apologize for that. The story came up on my Apple News feed, and
apparently, even though I don't have a subscription to the Wall Street
Journal, if I access it through the Apple news link, it bypasses the
paywall.

Just to satisfy my curiosity, here is the actual Apple News link.

https://apple.news/AJGmPl3VwSOuLTqIp70oaYA

Will someone else, please try it and let me know if it allows access or not?

Thanks.

[Michael S]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:35:53 -0800

Post by Stephen Fuld

Post by John Levine

Post by Stephen Fuld
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-computer-programmers-dies-at-89-6817b134

Here's a few that aren't paywalled.

I apologize for that. The story came up on my Apple News feed, and
apparently, even though I don't have a subscription to the Wall
Street Journal, if I access it through the Apple news link, it
bypasses the paywall.
Just to satisfy my curiosity, here is the actual Apple News link.
https://apple.news/AJGmPl3VwSOuLTqIp70oaYA
Will someone else, please try it and let me know if it allows access or not?
Thanks.

Yes, I can read it.
I don't know if it is related to Apple News link or to the fact that it
is the first WSJ article I am attempting to read this week and only 2nd
or 3rd that I am trying to read this month.

BTW, I think that the article is good.

[Stephen Fuld]

Post by Michael S
On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:35:53 -0800

Post by Stephen Fuld

Post by John Levine

Post by Stephen Fuld
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-computer-programmers-dies-at-89-6817b134

Here's a few that aren't paywalled.

I apologize for that. The story came up on my Apple News feed, and
apparently, even though I don't have a subscription to the Wall
Street Journal, if I access it through the Apple news link, it
bypasses the paywall.
Just to satisfy my curiosity, here is the actual Apple News link.
https://apple.news/AJGmPl3VwSOuLTqIp70oaYA
Will someone else, please try it and let me know if it allows access or not?
Thanks.

Yes, I can read it.
I don't know if it is related to Apple News link or to the fact that it
is the first WSJ article I am attempting to read this week and only 2nd
or 3rd that I am trying to read this month.
BTW, I think that the article is good.

Thank you Michael. And I agree with your assessment of the article.

[John Levine]

Post by Stephen Fuld
Just to satisfy my curiosity, here is the actual Apple News link.
https://apple.news/AJGmPl3VwSOuLTqIp70oaYA
Will someone else, please try it and let me know if it allows access or not?

I get a page that offers to unlock the article with a trial Apple News
subscription.

The WSJ is quite thoroughly paywalled, very few free articles.

[Stephen Fuld]

Post by John Levine

Post by Stephen Fuld
Just to satisfy my curiosity, here is the actual Apple News link.
https://apple.news/AJGmPl3VwSOuLTqIp70oaYA
Will someone else, please try it and let me know if it allows access or not?

I get a page that offers to unlock the article with a trial Apple News
subscription.
The WSJ is quite thoroughly paywalled, very few free articles.

I guess that Apple has some kind of deal with WSJ. Fine, but the
interesting part is that I read the article on my iPad (reasonable),
then e-mailed it (using inbuilt iPad mail, to myself. I then opened the
e-mail on my Windows desktop PC, from where I pasted the URL into the
posting. When I clicked the link on my PC, it brought up the full
article. So Apple knew that, despite it being a PC, that it was somehow
the Apple News subscription from my iPad and bypassed the paywall and
the ad for Apple News.

[George Musk]

Post by John Levine

Post by Stephen Fuld
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-computer-

programmers-dies-at-89-6817b134

Post by John Levine
Here's a few that aren't paywalled. He died on 1 January but for some
reason most of the obits were just published in the last few days.
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/remembering-niklaus-wirth-father-of-

pascal-and-inspiration-to-many/

Post by John Levine
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/niklaus-wirth-dead.html

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