From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.nethere.com!news.nethere.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 02:40:20 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: RIP Robert Dewar 1945-2015 From: csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 00:40:21 -0700 Message-ID: <1m6ykb3.20f7o2edbml9N%csampson@inetworld.net> References: <3cc0594c-b800-4de5-938a-064bef0adf48@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.8.3 (Mac OS X version 10.4.11 (PPC)) X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-8C5SfZVBCjzjkX3grMXoRvkous3wJd4RxFGsSXliiCCGRcYdepPGiyMTvHcpidQMLMLpn/tMiSFlE5i!nk6kynEOpgz7ykgXj9OQ/xC7jnMQjwl9Zgx4fouCtT0R4r4V2jIn6UPRhtOIhJH+tTBI7CbQKW81!qa4zvlS3TqxU8ie/Y4Qs/2+ovNo= X-Complaints-To: abuse@nethere.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@nethere.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1595 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:26578 Date: 2015-07-03T00:40:21-07:00 List-Id: I am truly sorry to hear this. He and I were not close friends or colleagues but I talked with him a number of times and we had some written exchanges as well. Some thought his personality a bit prickly but I found it stimulating. The world will be a little poorer without him in it. Charlie -- Nobody in this country got rich on his own. You built a factory--good. But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for. You hired workers we all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory. But take a hunk and pay it forward. Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)