http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Pascal.html

"Blaise Pascal was a very influencial French mathematician and philosopher who contributed to many areas of mathematics. "

...probably why so many French mothers named their kids Pascal- so that they would grow up to be successful software programmers   :)

PASCAL was also the very first (and only) programming language I was directly exposed to- back when people still used Punch Cards and Paper Tape. It convinced me that I was not cut out to be a software programmer!

Terragen 2 - while taking FOREVER (probably the longest ALPHA Test phase of any significant 3D rendering program)- remains a very influential piece of software, none the less...