[Oberon] Michael Franz receives 2020 ACM Chuck Thacker Breakthrough Award

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> Andreas Pirklbauer
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2021 1:09 AM
> To: Oberon List
> Subject: [Oberon] Michael Franz receives 2020 ACM Chuck Thacker
> Breakthrough Award
>
> Just FYI:
> https://www.acm.org/media-center/2021/april/thacker-award-2020
>
> PS: Michael was my assistant in the course Informatik 3/4 given by
> Niklaus Wirth in the late 80s. He also showed me many tricks in compiler
> design..
>
Thank you for the info - that is a great achievement for him.  His CV
is also quite impressive :)

http://michaelfranz.com/cv.pdf

The article he wrote "Oberon - the Overlooked Jewel" is a good read.
It can be downloaded as a PDF file from several sources.

Regards,
Chris