4 Jan
2024
4 Jan
'24
10:45 p.m.
I worked on the UCSD Pascal project which started from the P2 compiler that Wirth created
for the CDC computer. I loved working on the project and even more learning so much about
compilers, linkers, OS design and how to make it all work really well and pretty darn fast
for a PDP-11/02 with 64K of RAM and a floppy disk.
He will truly be missed.
David
On Jan 4, 2024, at 2:38 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Sad news but a great article Liam, thanks for the interesting history.
The second language I taught myself was Algol 68 (!), on a DECSYSTEM20. I learned Pascal
at University, when I did my M.Sc I used VAX Pascal on a VAX 11/780 and went on to use it
as my first professional language. I loved VAX Pascal, I could do just about anything I
wanted with it. Of course, it wasn't very "pure" Pascal.
Incidentally, I have asked a couple of times before, but if anyone knows of any media
with Algol68C for PDP10 I would love to get hold of it.
Regards
Rob
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third works.
--Alan J. Perlis
David Barto
barto(a)kdbarto.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: 04 January 2024 21:32
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Cc: Liam Proven <lproven(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [cctalk] RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth
Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an
OS was 89
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/
The great man has left us. I wrote an obituary.
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