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Wow I haven't heard the name Tom Christiansen in years. I remember when he used to comment on Slashdot. This inspired me to find my slashdot login and dig up so
by mprovost 6y ago
Wow I haven't heard the name Tom Christiansen in years. I remember when he used to comment on Slashdot. This inspired me to find my slashdot login and dig up some of his old posts. I just discovered his amazing eulogy for Gary Gygax [0]. I never knew that Tom used to work at TSR (of D&D fame) before becoming a programmer.
[0] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=475216&cid=22665150 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=475216&cid=22665150
- robinhouston 6y agoHe’s still active online, but his online activity currently seems to be concentrated at the Stack Exchange site on English Language & Usage: https://stackexchange.com/users/216196/tchrist?tab=activity https://stackexchange.com/users/216196/tchrist?tab=activity
- sundarurfriend 6y agoI often end up on his answers on StackOverflow when searching things related to Unicode. [1] They tend to be complicated "nothing's easy about Unicode" type answers, which some users call out as pedantic. But I much prefer getting the full picture from an expert like him and then making pragmatic compromises myself where needed, instead of the usual quick and easy answers that end up being full of hidden traps. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/users/471272/tchrist?tab=answers https://stackoverflow.com/users/471272/tchrist?tab=answers
- stjohnswarts 6y agoI too love it when people go overboard on a stackoverflow question and get pedantic. Usually someone else gives a tldr; but I go down the rabbit hole and try to learn something ina addition to the short answer along the way.
- collyw 6y agoHe was one of the big names in the Perl world back in the 2000s. Wrote some books (including the wonderful Perl Cookbook) and I remember having a course at work given by the Tom Chritstiansen Perl consultancy.