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Niklaus Wirth, the inventor of the Pascal programming language, author of "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs", and more, passed away on January 1.

Wirth's law, named after him, is an adage which states that software gets slower more rapidly than hardware gets faster.

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@shawnhooper I read once that he said that Europeans passed him by reference (pronouncing his name correctly) while Americans pass him by value (pronouncing it as "Nickel's Worth")

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@shawnhooper Oh no. :(

"Americans call me by value, while Swedes call me by name."

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@shawnhooper didn't know about it, and I have been learning Pascal because of some classes. neocat_pensive
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@getimiskon @shawnhooper I like Pascal family but I have been following Oberon 07 more nearly since was mostly his last work and the most I like.
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