computer science Archives - Developer Tech News https://www.developer-tech.com/news/tag/computer-science/ Gaming, Apps, HTML5, Java, PHP, C#, .net, IOT Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:56:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.developer-tech.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/dev-icon-60x60.png computer science Archives - Developer Tech News https://www.developer-tech.com/news/tag/computer-science/ 32 32 Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89 https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2024/jan/04/computer-science-pioneer-niklaus-wirth-dies-aged-89/ https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2024/jan/04/computer-science-pioneer-niklaus-wirth-dies-aged-89/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:56:53 +0000 https://www.developer-tech.com/?p=45483 In a sombre start to the new year, the world of computer science mourns the loss of Niklaus Wirth—a stalwart figure known for his influential contributions to programming languages, methodology, software engineering, and hardware design. Born on 15 February 1934 in Switzerland, Wirth was a luminary in the field and celebrated for his development of... Read more »

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]]> https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2024/jan/04/computer-science-pioneer-niklaus-wirth-dies-aged-89/feed/ 1 Compiler pioneer and first female Turing winner Frances Allen dies aged 88 https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2020/aug/10/compiler-pioneer-first-female-turing-winner-frances-allen/ https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2020/aug/10/compiler-pioneer-first-female-turing-winner-frances-allen/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:54:59 +0000 https://developer-tech.com/?p=38553 Computer scientist Frances Allen, a pioneer of compiling software and the first female Turing award winner, has died at the age of 88. Allen made vital contributions to compilers – which turn raw code into executable software – along with program optimisation, and parallelisation. She sadly died of Alzheimer’s on her birthday, August 4th. Allen... Read more »

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