Erik was rather hostile online, but his technical abilities were quite high and his opinions well-researched. I met him once IRL (as did many Lispers when Franz

Erik was rather hostile online, but his technical abilities were quite high and his opinions well-researched. I met him once IRL (as did many Lispers when Franz paid his way to the Lisp conference in Berkeley in (can't remember which year. PG was a keynote speaker and McCarthy was holding court in the hallway.) Erik seemed perfectly polite in person. To me anyway.