Niklaus Wirth Quotes


But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.


Citations

Wirth, Niklaus. Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs. Prentice-Hall, 1976, p. xv.

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Niklaus Wirth
Niklaus Wirth
  • Born: February 15, 1934
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Profession: Scientist

Niklaus Emil Wirth is a Swiss computer scientist. He has designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages.