Famous quote... when asked by English speakers how to correctly pronounce his name, he supposedly said: "You can call me by name, which is Wirt, or you can call me by value, which is Worth."
More discussion and anecdotes: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012</a>
I don't like Pascal. But must admit, it shaped our modern world.<p>As I remember, Pascal was just begin, next appeared Modula, Oberon, which was partially influence and partially just become main languages in some important niches (Modula-2/3 as I know, heavily used in military/air-space).<p>RIP.