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A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.
Niklaus Wirth
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Niklaus Wirth
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 15
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Winterthur ZH
Niklaus Emil Wirth
Niklaus E. Wirth
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