Author_Institution :
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
With a goal of improving how computer science is taught, Niklaus Wirth created some of the field´s most influential programming languages, including Pascal, Modula, and Oberon. An audio recording of author Charles Severance´s Computing Conversations column is available at http://youtu.be/Wel2b93LjhY. In it, he discusses his interview with Niklaus Wirth, creator of some of the fieldís integral programming languages, including Modula, Pascal, and Oberon. A video interview with Niklaus Wirth is available at http://youtu.be/BJIqHIYSDrk. Wirth created some of the field´s integral programming languages, including Modula, Pascal, and Oberon, with a goal of improving how computer science is taught.