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Niklaus Wirth
Swiss computer scientist.
Born February 15th, 1934 in Winterthur.
Died January 1st, 2024 at 89 years old [ref]
Occupations
computer scientist, engineer, inventor, programmer, university teacher
Website
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No one here gets out alive. Jim Morrison