Articles tagged ‘computerscience’

Dr Niklaus Wirth’s pioneering work on languages like Pascal, Modula-2 and Oberon are shining examples of simplicity and elegance. In a recent lecture in California, this path-breaker voiced his disapproval for the unwieldy nature of today’s programming languages and called for a return to the basics.

Contributions to computing by people like Knuth have made open source software a robust and serious solution for all.