Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus E. Wirth (born February 15, 1934) is a Swiss computer scientist.

Trivia

Europeans tend to pronounce his name properly, as Nih-klaus Virt, while Americans usually mangle it into something like Nickles Worth. That has led to the programmer joke saying Europeans call him by name while Americans call him by value.

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Pronounce - American - Joke - Europeans - Call him by name - Americans - Call him by value

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