I knew him, I flew us across the US in a small single engine airplane, a rare blessing in a blessed life. We share the month of February as a birth date and would exchange emails every year. (Thompson is another in the February club.)

Dennis once said that if you look at C and Pascal you might think there was information exchange, even though there was none. Oberon is Pascal++, ++.

Over the years C got more type-safe and Klaus' language got more flexible. Most of the objections to Pascal were gone after he designed Oberon.

Very sad.

Brantley

On Jan 3, 2024, at 2:35 PM, Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:

[TUHS as Bcc]

I just saw sad news from Bertrand Meyer. Apparently, Niklaus Wirth
passed away on the 1st. :-(

I think it's fair to say that it is nearly impossible to overstate his
influence on modern programming.

- Dan C.