Born
1934
Died
Unknown
Nationality
Swiss
Events involving Niklaus Wirth (5)
1970
ID: 4423
Niklaus Wirth publishes Pascal - structured programming language for education, widely adopted in universities
ID: 4423
1975
ID: 4428
Niklaus Wirth designs Modula - successor to Pascal with modules for systems programming
ID: 4428
1978
ID: 4432
Niklaus Wirth releases Modula-2 - improved Modula with coroutines for concurrent programming
ID: 4432
1987
ID: 4368
Niklaus Wirth releases Oberon system - minimalist operating system and programming language at ETH Zurich
ID: 4368
1987
ID: 4442
Niklaus Wirth designs Oberon - minimalist successor to Modula-2, both language and operating system
ID: 4442