R.I.P. Niklaus Wirth

[BruceH]

(01-05-2024 01:59 PM)Jurgen Keller Wrote:  I fully agree that designing a new programming language is a very complex task.

Someone once said that every new (procedural) language created since about 1980 is simply Algol re-implemented badly.

Personally, I wish that integrated systems like Oberon or SmallTalk had succeeded and the world hadn't gone down the DOS & Windows path. If Microsoft had put half as much effort into adopting one of those instead of trying to impose de facto standards and 'defeat' perceived enemies then the IT landscape now would be radically different and all the better for it.