>Thanks for mentioning him. May this great mind rest in peace.
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>Wirth was a giant in its field, respected by most coders including those hacking interpreters à la vb, foxpro or python who would possibly not touch a real hardcore compiler à la Pascal, Modula. And most vfp-ers, whatever their background, would agree with Wirth on "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs".

Let's not forget the other famous one (though not necessarily of his own make), „you can pass me by name, Niklaus, or by value, Wirth“.