Niklaus Wirth has died

He will goto a better place.

I’m sure he will be as unhappy about it as the rest of us.

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2 responses to “Niklaus Wirth has died”

  1. Alec Muffett

    Wikipedia> The original title of the letter, as submitted to CACM, was “A Case Against the Goto Statement”, but CACM editor Niklaus Wirth changed the title to “Goto Statement Considered Harmful”. Regarding this new title, Donald Knuth quipped that “Dr. Goto cheerfully complained that he was always being eliminated.”

  2. I still have my copy of the Pascal User Manual and Report

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