Niklaus E. Wirth Born (1934-02-15) February 15, 1934 (age 81) Winterthur, Switzerland Citizenship Switzerland Fields Computer Science Institutions ETH Zurich, Stanford University, University of Zurich Xerox PARC Alma mater ETH Zurich (B.S., 1959) Université Laval (M.S., 1959) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1963) Known for Algol W, Euler, Pascal, Modula, Modula-2, Oberon, Oberon-2, Oberon-07, Oberon System Notable awards... Read full biography of Niklaus Wirth →
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not... →
A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking; and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.
In the practical world of computing, it is rather uncommon that a program, once it performs correctly and satisfactorily, remains unchanged forever.
Indeed, the woes of Software Engineering are not due to lack of tools, or proper management, but largely due to lack of sufficient technical... →
My duty as a teacher is to train, educate future programmers.
The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become... →
The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.
Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is... →
Program construction consists of a sequence of refinement steps.
But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.
It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner.
Programming is usually taught by examples.
Software development is technical activity conducted by human beings.
Niklaus E. Wirth Born (1934-02-15) February 15, 1934 (age 81) Winterthur, Switzerland Citizenship Switzerland Fields Computer Science Institutions ETH Zurich, Stanford University, University of Zurich Xerox PARC Alma mater ETH Zurich (B.S., 1959) Université Laval (M.S., 1959) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1963) Known for Algol W, Euler, Pascal, Modula, Modula-2, Oberon, Oberon-2, Oberon-07, Oberon System Notable awards...