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@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
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Sent: 04 January 2024 21:32
>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Cc: Liam Proven <lpro...@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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