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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,67b974e9a1678a2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!news-out.ntli.net!newsrout1-gui.ntli.net!ntli.net!news.highwinds-media.com!newspeer1-win.ntli.net!newsfe4-win.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Ian Caldwell User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: In Rememberance of Jean Ichbiah References: <9b850$45bd0bc6$cc0ba50e$14514@alevelhigher.com> In-Reply-To: <9b850$45bd0bc6$cc0ba50e$14514@alevelhigher.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:32:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.27.115.147 X-Complaints-To: http://www.ntlworld.com/netreport X-Trace: newsfe4-win.ntli.net 1170102763 86.27.115.147 (Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:32:43 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:32:43 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:8690 Date: 2007-01-29T20:32:43+00:00 List-Id: Joyce Tokar wrote: > With great sadness I learned from Ben Brosgol that Jean Ichbiah passed on > Friday, 26 Jan 2007 > > Ben said that Jean had a brain tumor around a year ago, and he had a serious > fall last Autumn in which he fractured his skull. He was in rehab for > several months, and I believe that he had been home (in Burlington, Mass.) > for several weeks. > > Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 30, at 12:30 pm: > > Temple Shalom Emeth 16 Lexington Street Burlington, Mass. > > To quote Jobn Barnes: > > "Jean had an amazing understanding of the basic concepts concerning what > programming was really about. Ada may have its flaws but it is a damn sight > better than anything else I know. > > Jean will be remembered as the inspiration for ideas which have driven many > of our careers." > > Jean through creating Ada changed my life. One of my best periods of employment was when I worked for Alsys. It's a sad loss. Ian Caldwell