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Re: Joe Armstrong has died

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Post by plainOldText »

Joe Armstrong was an exemplary hacker: passionate, practical, insightful. Erlang is a testament to this.

He kept programming and tinkering until the very end.

He’s up there with Alan Kay, in my book.

Rest In Peace Joe. You’ll surely be missed.

Re: Joe Armstrong has died

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Post by ignoramous »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #94
kozak wrote: post #3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Armstrong_(programmer)

Would anyone be able to suggest a quality photo of Joe to use for his Wikipedia page? I will be spending some time this weekend improving his page.

Joe's twitter gallery has a some nice ones that you might need to adapt for wikipedia (not sure about the license, though):

1. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBs4Q53XkAI6yKd.jpg

2. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAs_wqVXsAEvTor.jpg

3. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds19NLdXgAAMXho.jpg

Re: Joe Armstrong has died

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Post by svrtknst »

Sad to hear this. I've begun picking up some Erlang, mostly Elixir over the past few years, and have watched (and watched and watched and re-watched) most of his various (brilliant) talks, all of which are eye-opening.

Aside from his technical skill and knowledge, he seemed like a really gret person with an undying sense of humor and humility.

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Post by rlander »

This is devastating. I’m in shock. Joe was one of my programming heroes and it was one of my goals to, one day, see one of his talks in person. He was incredibly articulate, good-humored and didactic in his posts on the Erlang list. He will be very much missed.

Re: Joe Armstrong has died

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Post by avip »

badosu wrote: post #33
tzar wrote: post #6

–Hello Mike –Hello Joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKfKtXYLG78&t=2m7s

I rewatched this so many times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRbY3TMUcgQ

"Declarative vs. imperative debates are always a crowd pleaser".

Thanks, great link.

Re: Joe Armstrong has died

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Post by comboy »

brador wrote: post #39

Anyone know what he died of/from?

I keep refreshing looking for the answer. Seems that it would be the top question for somebody who was 30. He was 68 but he had way more energy than many 20 year olds that I see.

I'm deeply sad. Despite being absolutely brilliant he was also extremely positive and full of humility. It's a rare combination.

Re: Joe Armstrong has died

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Post by iLemming »

What the fuck? He didn't look very old or too sick.

Oh I know what. On one of the interviews a couple years ago he said people showed him IntelliJ and he was impressed and decided to try. Switching from Emacs killed Joe Armstrong

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