I ka lā 1 o Ianuali, ua hala ʻo Niklaus Wirth, kekahi o ka poʻe loea papahana, he mahina hilahila wale nō o kona lā hānau he 90. ʻO Wirth ka mea kākau o 10 mau ʻōlelo papahana, ʻo ka mea kaulana loa ʻo ia ʻo Pascal, Modula-2 a me Oberon, a me kekahi o nā mea hana o ka paradigm programming structured, ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka bytecode waena a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻōpala i nā unuhi. No kāna mau kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻepekema kamepiula, ua loaʻa iā Wirth ka makana Turing a me ka Medal Pioneer Computer.
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