Niklaus was born Feb 15, 1934 in Winterthur Switzerland, and still lives there till this day, Nik helped technology by developing a sequence of innovative computer languages such as, EULER, ALGOL-W, MODULA, and PASCAL. While working Wirth became the Cheif designer for Oberon, Oberon-2, and Oberon-7. His ideas helped shape many future programmers worldwide.