> Nikolaus Wirth: A Plea for Lean Software (1995)
He spells Niklaus, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth. And yes, he has a sound, pragmatic attitude towards software systems.
Nikolaus is another famous person.
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Nikolaus with an "o" aka St. Nicholas or (Saint) Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent based in what is now Demre, Turkey.
In 1931 the Coca-Cola Company began placing Coca-Cola ads in popular magazines. Archie Lee, the D'Arcy Advertising Agency executive working with The Coca-Cola Company, wanted the campaign to show a wholesome Santa who was both realistic and symbolic. So Coca-Cola commissioned Michigan-born illustrator Haddon Sundblom to develop advertising images using Santa Claus.
For inspiration, Sundblom turned to Clement Clark Moore's 1822 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (commonly called "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"). Moore's description of St. Nick led to an image of a warm, friendly, pleasantly plump and human Santa. (And even though it's often said that Santa wears a red coat because red is the color of Coca-Cola, Santa appeared in a red coat before Sundblom painted him.)
In the beginning, Sundblom painted the image of Santa using a live model — his friend Lou Prentiss, a retired salesman. When Prentiss passed away, Sundblom used himself as a model, painting while looking into a mirror.
> (Saint) Nicholas of Bari
Of Myra, actually — his relics were stolen from his tomb in Myra by sailors from Bari, where they remain today, but he probably never even visited there.
Long before computer science, even though the ideological attitudes might be similar ;-)
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