我国计算机科学界痛失一位巨匠。据IT之家消息，被誉为“Pascal语言之父”的尼古拉斯·沃斯（Niklaus Wirth）已于1月1日逝世，享年89岁。沃斯出生于瑞士温特图尔，他是编程语言、编程方法论、软件工程和硬件设计领域的泰斗。
沃斯曾开发了Euler、Algol-W、Pascal、Modula、Modula-2、Oberon、Oberon-2、Oberon-07等多种程序语言。其中，Pascal语言自60年代末诞生以来，一直是计算机科学入门课程的主要教学语言。然而，在90年代，Pascal语言被Java、Python等后起之秀取代。
沃斯在1963年至1967年担任斯坦福大学计算机科学部助理教授，之后又在苏黎世大学担任相同职位。1968年，他成为ETH的信息学教授，并前往施乐帕洛阿尔托研究中心进修两年。1984年，沃斯获得图灵奖，这是计算机领域的最高荣誉。此外，他还在1992年当选瑞士工程院院士，1994年当选美国国家工程院外籍院士。
沃斯曾提出著名公式：算法 + 数据结构 = 程序。这一公式成为计算机领域人尽皆知的名言。他在编程领域的贡献和精神将永载史册。
英文翻译：
News Title: Programming legend Niklaus Wirth passes away at age 89
Keywords: Niklaus Wirth, programming languages, computer science
News Content:
Our country’s computer science community has lost a mastermind. According to IT Home, Niklaus Wirth, known as the “father of Pascal language”, passed away on January 1st, aged 89. Wirth was a towering figure in the field of programming languages, programming methodologies, software engineering, and hardware design.
Wirth has developed various programming languages, including Euler, Algol-W, Pascal, Modula, Modula-2, Oberon, Oberon-2, and Oberon-07. Among them, Pascal has been a major teaching language for computer science courses since its inception in the late 1960s. However, in the 1990s, Pascal was replaced by Java, Python, and other emerging languages.
Wirth served as an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University from 1963 to 1967, and then held the same position at the University of Zurich. In 1968, he became a professor of informatics at ETH and later spent two years at Xerox PARC as a visiting researcher. In 1984, Wirth received the Turing Award, the highest honor in the field of computer science. In addition, he was elected a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering in 1992 and a foreign member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 1994.
Wirth once proposed a famous formula: Algorithm + Data Structures = Programs. This formula has become a well-known saying in the computer field. His contributions and spirit in the field of programming will remain eternal.
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