Table of 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

About the Author

László Böszörményi is a full professor of computer science at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. His current main research area is distributed systems with emphasis on multi-media infrastructures. László was born in Budapest, Hungary and studied at the Technical University of Budapest. He became acquainted with Niklaus Wirth in 1977, when he spent an academic year at the ETH in Zürich. Since then László has returned as a visitor for longer stays at the ETH. He is the author of a textbook on introductory programming with Modula-3, the high-end successor of Modula-2. Jurg Gutknecht is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at ETH. He first met Niklaus Wirth in 1981 and joined his research team shortly thereafter. He helped Wirth with the Modula-2 compiler and later went on to develop the Oberon operating system with Wirth from 1986-1989. Gustav Pomberger is a Professor at the University of Linz, Austria. He studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and received his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences in 1980. From 1992-1999 he was head of the C. Doppler Laboratory for Software Engineering. He has been a friend of Niklaus Wirth for over 15 years.