Talk:Niklaus Wirth

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"Europeans tend to pronounce his name properly, as Nih-klaus Virt, while Americans usually mangle it into something like Nickles Worth. That is to say, Europeans call him by name while Americans call him by value."

That has to be the best programming joke I've ever heard. The links complete it. I laughed for a minute straight. I hope it's left in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueNight (talk • contribs) 05:27, 16 August 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Dead?[edit]

Hi, in den de:Niklaus Wirth an IP claimed Niklaus Wirth died today (June 12.) Can anybody confirm this, or did I do right when I reverted that "vandale"? --Wirthi 10:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Guess I was right in reverting the edit. I'm glad Mr. Wirth is still with us. --Wirthi 08:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like he actually did pass this time :( 172.56.153.137 (talk) 20:53, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quotes[edit]

I'm pretty sure "Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler." was originally Einstein, and a couple of webpages seem to suggest that Wirth made this Einstein quote one of his mottos. --131.111.8.102 14:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

source of the quote?[edit]

Is the quote "C++ is an insult to the human brain" really wirth's? I can't find it in any search on the web.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.153.128.15 (talk) 20:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I took the liberty to remove it. 129.34.20.19 20:46, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Everything is software, but software is not everything.[edit]

 Hello everyone,in my opions,

The abundance of powerful hardware seems to have made good software superfluous. Programming languages must be defined without reference to any interpreting mechanism, such as a computer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.139.87.25 (talk) 13:13, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Idiotic editing[edit]

I removed ^{[by whom?]}, the answer is in the second half of the sentence- "those interested in numerical mathematics", and the end of the sentence is a citations as well. Will you morons who are ruining Wikipedia with stupid useless markups. Tumacama (talk) 00:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}}[edit]

I don't know why you think available sources, from technical publications no less, not gossip rags. I'm hoping this was added before the numerous sources were. If not please do yourself a favor and kill yourself. Refraining from editing is not enough for idiots like you. Tumacama (talk) 00:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]