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I always wondered what the trolls on slashdot posted about Tom Christiansen when he died. The posts were all deleted.

• gjm11 6y ago
  Huh? Last I heard, Tom Christiansen is still alive. And I'm not sure what the connection is, other than that he's done a lot of work with perl.
  • Kye 6y ago
    nintendo1889 is clearly a confused time traveler. The posts haven't been deleted. They just haven't been made yet.
  • jph00 6y ago
    I believe he's talking about the thread when W Richard Stevens died.
    • boring_twenties 6y ago
      What happened? Stevens had some kind of hate club? Why?
    • gjm11 6y ago
      (Apologies for the very slow response.) W Richard Stevens died in 1999. HN started in 2007. Is it possible that you're thinking of someone else?
      • jph00 6y ago
        They said slashdot, not HN.
        • gjm11 6y ago
          Ohhhh, duh, so they did. Thanks.