From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: cym224@gmail.com (Nemo)
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:30:00 -0500
Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Niklaus Wirth!
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On 14/02/2018, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
> Computer pioneer Niklaus Wirth was born on this day in 1934; he basically
> designed ALGOL, one of the most influential languages ever, with just
> about every programming language in use today tracing its roots to it.

And he is still tinkering:
https://www.srf.ch/radio-srf-3/digital/computer-pionier-niklaus-wirth-80-und-aktiv

N.