[fpc-pascal] RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth

[Rainer Stratmann]

Misconstruing complexity as sophistication: According to Wirth, “people seem 
to misinterpret complexity as sophistication.” The more complicated a product 
is, the more polished or knowledgeable the user would appear. Hence, software 
vendors create complex software and send this marketing message.

I see it widely

https://www.techslang.com/definition/what-is-wirths-law/



Am Freitag, 5. Januar 2024, 10:13:53 CET schrieb Tony Whyman via fpc-pascal:
> "Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died on New Year's
> Day, roughly six weeks before what would have been his 90th birthday."
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/?utm_source=da
> ily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=top-article
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