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Timothy Hart, Rest in Peace
- _pius 13y agoI'm ashamed I didn't know about Timothy Hart, given the foundational work he's done. Glad Fogus wrote this.
- aaronem 13y agoLikewise, especially given my recent interest in Lisp. I actually own a paper copy of the LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual, thanks to Baltimore's excellent free book exchange [1]; I haven't cracked it yet in any serious way, but this news might push it up my stack a bit, especially since I also now know it's possible to emulate an IBM 7094 on which to actually run Lisp 1.5. (I've also thought about implementing a Lisp 1.5 interpreter on Common Lisp, but I'm afraid that's going to have to wait until I have a bit more clue about both of those languages and about the differences between them.) [1] http://www.bookthing.org http://www.bookthing.org
- leterter 13y agoCause of death?
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- aaronem 13y agoOld age, from the sound of it: > Timothy Paul Hart of Cambridge, formerly of Lexington, died peacefully in his sleep on January 20, 2014 at the age of 74, surrounded by members of his family. (Quoted from: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-lexington/obituary.aspx?n=timothy-hart&pid=169244204 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-lexington/obitu...)
- davidgerard 13y agoSurprised he doesn't have a Wikipedia article. Anyone experienced in Wikipedia's little ways want to write one?
- _delirium 13y agoWorking on it. Really solid sources are a bit sparse, though. It's one of those odd cases, which I think are both problematic but interesting for Wikipedia: someone who is clearly notable, but proper bios on him don't really exist, just scattered mentions that need to be tied together. It's a lot easier to write bios on people who already have other bios written on them (since that solves the problem of what to cite pretty easily).
- ryen 13y agoThe fact that he has books with his name on it should help.
- kimonos 13y agoRest in peace and condolences to the whole family..