For more on Niklaus Wirth (RIP):

Lots more discussion and anecdotes at the start of the year when the news broke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012

And two late obits recently:

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/niklaus-wirth-compute...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/technology/niklaus-wirth-...