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What a terrible month for computing...

• pyre 15y ago
  My thoughts exactly. It's been a black month for computing.
• TruthElixirX 15y ago
  I have a feeling this will start being a lot more common in the computer world. The founders of everything are starting to hit their later ages. :(
  • bartl 15y ago
    Yes.One of the more exciting things about computer science, a few decades ago, is that it was all brand new. Even the pioneers were contemporaries. These were exciting times to live in, since it made me feel like we were on the edge of a brand new technology. But now, the pioneers have gotten old. And the excitement is slowly ebbing away.
• Maakuth 15y ago
  With all these great minds from our field passing away, I'm beginning to think we should pause for a moment and think what we could do to thank all those legendary computing figures still with us? Knuth, Kernighan and Woz come to mind, certainly there are a lot more.