[J3] Niklaus Wirth

[ian.chivers at chiversandbryan.co.uk]

Hi David

I'm surprised given the dates 
you mention of the late 90's
of the sarcastic comments.

The 90 and 95 standards had made
significant improvements to Fortran.

I have quite a lot of respect for Wirth
for the Pascal, Modula 2 and Oberon languages.

I also thought that the work they (ETH)
did with the Lilith was pretty good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith_%28computer%29

Sadly when teaching Fortran there is
quite a lot of ignorance of modern Fortran.

On some of the recent courses I've given
people with a Python background tend to be
quite critical, especially 
when this is the only language they know.

Ian Chivers

-----Original Message-----
From: David Muxworthy <d.t.muxworthy at btinternet.com> 
Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2024 11:39 AM
To: Ian Chivers <ian.chivers at chiversandbryan.co.uk>
Cc: General J3 interest list <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org>
Subject: Re: [J3] Niklaus Wirth

> The first question is for David what was the date Of the talk?

1998 or 1999 so far as I remember.