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RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth

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Rainer Stratmann
to Tony Whyman: "Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year's Day, roughly six…

Misconstruing complexity as sophistication: According to Wirth, “people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication.” The more complicated a product is, the more polished or knowledgeable the user would appear. Hence, software vendors create complex software and send this marketing message.

I see it widely

https://www.techslang.com/definition/what-is-wirths-law/

Tony Whyman wrote 9 lines
"Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year's Day, roughly six weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday." https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/?utm_source=da ily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=top-article _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Liam Proven
to Tony Whyman: "Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year's Day, roughly six…
Tony Whyman wrote 5 lines
"Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year's Day, roughly six weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday." https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=top-article

Oh my. That's the obit I wrote for the great man. Thanks for choosing mine!

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