Dan McCracken died, peacefully in his sleep
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Dan McCracken died, peacefully in his sleep
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#2I was privileged to have him as a Professor. We would have lunch sometimes and discuss programming paradigms and modern web techniques. He'll be missed.
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#3I just took his course last semester. Glad I had the opportunity. He was always full of interesting stories.
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#4I never knew him or even knew of him until now. But it must be grand to pass on like that after a long meaningful life that impacted many others. I look forward to exploring his works.
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#6One of the few theologian-programmers. RIP.
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#7One of the few theologian-programmers. RIP.
Not as rare as you would think. Knuth, though not formally trained, has been doing the same (from his wikipedia page):
>In addition to his writings on computer science, Knuth, a Lutheran,[10] is also the author of 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated,[11] in which he examines the Bible by a process of systematic sampling, namely an analysis of chapter 3, verse 16 of each book. Each verse is accompanied by a rendering in calligraphic art, contributed by a group of calligraphers under the leadership of Hermann Zapf.
Re: Dan McCracken died, peacefully in his sleep
#8I was privileged to have him as a Professor. We would have lunch sometimes and discuss programming paradigms and modern web techniques. He'll be missed.
You had an opportunity I could only dream of.
I've never had access to a mentor of any kind, on the job or otherwise.
I still hope to have one someday.
That he would spend that kind of time with his students (undergrad? grad? I don't know or care.) is impressive and says a lot.
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#9One of the few theologian-programmers. RIP.
I always felt programming was a very theological exercise. Where else can you sit down and just start saying "let there be..." and have things come into existence?
Its hard not to let it push your cosmology a tiny bit.
Re: Dan McCracken died, peacefully in his sleep
#10Do people really "die peacefully in their sleep" or is this a euphemism? I can't imagine, given how painful (eg) a heart attack is, that you could sleep through it.