More than a few computing luminaries have sadly passed over recently, unsurprising given many pioneers from the fifties, sixties, and seventies reaching end of life. One who caught my eye was Niklaus ...

In the late 1970s, an ambitious new computer company called Apple started to brainstorm its next steps as the age of home computers suddenly seemed a reality. The company had already made a mark with ...

Alan Kay, the famed computer scientist, says he didn’t really know what the term “computer science” meant in 1966, when he read a lengthy description of a programming language written by a Swiss ...

In 1999, an up-and-coming software engineer in Switzerland was preparing for a conference in France when he learned that Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth, a pioneer in the field, was also ...

Wirth, who won the AM Turning Award in 1984, was widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of computer science. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

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