Ken Bowles, the UC San Diego software engineer who helped popularize...

[JamesD]

"Ken Bowles, the UC San Diego software engineer who helped popularize personal computers, dies at 89"

"...
Bowles and his team also adopted and modified Pascal, an early programming language that was opening up computer science. The modified version became known as UCSD Pascal and was widely used to teach people how to program.
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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-kenbowles-obit-20180909-story.html

[carlsson]

Too bad, though I suppose 89 is a respectable age.

 

Also the site is one of those who got so scared of GDPR that they shut out all European visitors. I suppose I am not missing much if they think their content is not important enough to find a solution to let me take part of it.

 

For that matter, I always get the letters in the wrong order. UCSD or USCD? I suppose as CD based media are on their way out, while SD memory cards remain for a little longer, it should be easier for me to remember it is UCSD.

Edited October 9, 2018 by carlsson

[The Usotsuki]

Easier for me to remember 'cause I was born in San Diego.

[82-T/A]

"Ken Bowles, the UC San Diego software engineer who helped popularize personal computers, dies at 89"

 

"...

Bowles and his team also adopted and modified Pascal, an early programming language that was opening up computer science. The modified version became known as UCSD Pascal and was widely used to teach people how to program.

..."

 

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-kenbowles-obit-20180909-story.html

 

 

Pascal is the first programming language I ever learned.

 

My first couple of jobs were Delphi programming jobs (Visual Pascal). I miss those days. I LOVED Pascal.