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RIP Niklaus Wirth
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06/01/2024 01:43:48
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
 
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/?td=rt-3a
Some of my earliest programming was using Turbo Pascal on both a Z80-based CP/M homebrew machine and an original IBM PC 5150.
Interestingly, the performance was nearly identical on both platforms. My CP/M box had a hot rod 5Mhz Z80B vs. the stock 5150's 4.77MHz 8088.
Regards. Al

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