Joe Armstrong has died
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#2A great loss to the community. Even though I don’t use Erlang, I’ve always been enamored by it’s unique features.
Black Ribbon please.
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#4RIP Joe. Every interaction I had with you in the past was always a great time. You'll be missed, but never forgotten. Thanks for everything you've done for the Erlang community and distributed systems design.
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#5This is indeed sad news (I feel he deserves the black bar of mourning once confirmed). Although Elixir gets the most attention these days the solid engineering of BEAM is the foundation that Elixir is built on.
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#6–Hello Mike
–Hello Joe
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#7This is indeed sad news (I feel he deserves the black bar of mourning once confirmed). Although Elixir gets the most attention these days the solid engineering of BEAM is the foundation that Elixir is built on.
Joe was also a part of the Elixir community. He learned the language early on and participated in the mailing list and forums. Actually, he had just very recently become an admin at elixirforum.com. I will really miss him.
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#8This is indeed sad news (I feel he deserves the black bar of mourning once confirmed). Although Elixir gets the most attention these days the solid engineering of BEAM is the foundation that Elixir is built on.
Joe was also a part of the Elixir community. He learned the language early on and participated in the mailing list and forums. Actually, he had just very recently become an admin at elixirforum.com. I will really miss him.
His "now for the tricky bit" talk was not only funny but thought provoking. He was kind and very open minded. Thanks for pointing this out.
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#9That is so sad, he was in his late 60s and it seemed like he had a lot of life left in him, talking about how software can get better and having a great (and sometimes snarky) outlook on the profession.
Highly recommend his thesis (2003) and a few of his great interviews/presentations for anyone who isn’t familiar with Joe, it captures a lot of what he thought about and pushed for in his professional life.
http://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf https://youtu.be/fhOHn9TClXY https://youtu.be/lKXe3HUG2l4 https://youtu.be/rmueBVrLKcY
I hope his family and friends can find some comfort in how much he was appreciated and admired in the development community.
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#10Just re-watched his Strangeloop talk: “The mess we’re in”. Still so spot on. He will be dearly missed.