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The Art of Simplicity
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Edited By
Lászl&oa Böszörményi, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Jürg Gutknecht, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Gustav Pomberger, University of Linz, Austria
Description
Niklaus Wirth is one of the great pioneers of computer technology and winner of the ACM's A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious award
in computer science. he has made substantial contributions to the development of programming languages, compiler construction, programming
methodology, and hardware design. While working at ERH Zurich, he developed the languages Pascal and Modula-2. He also designed an early
high performance workstation, the Personal Computer Lilith, and most recently the language and operating system Oberon.
While Wirth
has often been praised for his excellent work as a language designer and engineer, he is also an outstanding educator?something for which
he is not as well known. This book brings together prominent computer scientists to describe Wirth's contributions to education. With
the exception of some of his colleagues such as Professors Dijkstra, Hoare, and Rechenberg, all of the contributors to this book are
students of Wirth. The essays provide a wide range of contemporary views on modern programming practice and also illuminate the one persistent
and pervasive quality found in all his work: his unequivocal demand for simple solutions. The authors and editors hope to pass on their
enthusiasm for simple engineering solutions along with their feeling for a man to whom they are all so indebted.
Contents
Part 1: Niklaus Wirth - a Pioneer of Computer Science
Niklaus Wirth - a Pioneer of Computer Science
Gustav Pomberger, Hanspeter Mossenbock,
Peter Rechenberg
Part 2: Niklaus Wirth and Edsger W. Dijkstra
From Programming Language Design to Computer Construction
Niklaus Wirth
On the transitive closure of a wellfounded relation
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Part 3: The Teachings of a Scholar as Told by his Pupils -
Common Work in Retrospect
Oberon - the Overlooked Jewel
Michael Franz
Compiler Construction - The Art of Niklaus Wirth
Hanspeter Mossenbock
Medos in Retrospect
Svend Erik Knudsen
Lean Systems in an Intrinsically Complex World
Peter Schulthess
Learning the Value of Simplicity
Stephen W. Gehring
Part 4: New Ways in Education and Research
Compiler Construction versus Lotus Notes: A Strange Battle
Jurg Gutknecht
Modules and Components - Rivals or Partners
Clemens Szyperski
A Compiler for the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine
Robert Griesemer, Srdjan
Mitrovic
Designing a Cluster Network
Hans Eberle
Programming With Functional Nets
Martin Odersky
Part 5: Mastering Simplicity -
in the Industry
Lilith meets the World of Business
Bernhard Wagner
the Chip Company that made $100M with MODULA-2
Robert Burton, Farrell
Ostler, Thom Boyer, Fon Brown, Matt Morrise
FFF97 - Oberon in the Real World
Dr. Josef Templ
Part 6: The World According to Wirth
- Personal, Anecdotal Reviews
Serendipity
Kathleen Jensen
Daily Life with N. Wirth
Jirka Hoppe
Third Millennium Culture
Ann Dunki
Authors and Editors
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Hardbound, 260 pages, publication date: OCT-2000
ISBN-13: 978-1-55860-723-1
ISBN-10: 1-55860-723-4
Imprint: MORGAN KAUFFMAN
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