Niklaus Wirth, software developer who saw power in simplicity, dies at 89
A few of the heavier discussions from 2 months ago, when he passed away:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012 (403 comments)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38871086 (61 comments)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38994457 (61 comments)
No shortage of other discussions as well since then:
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Another weirdly late obit
THE discussion and anecdotes on this from when it was news at the start of the year:
Previous thread from early January: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012
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