In Rememberance of Jean Ichbiah

In Rememberance of Jean Ichbiah

[Joyce Tokar]

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."

Re: In Rememberance of Jean Ichbiah

[Jeffrey R. Carter]

Joyce Tokar wrote:
> With great sadness I learned from Ben Brosgol that Jean Ichbiah passed on 
> Friday, 26 Jan 2007

I'm very sorry to hear this.

> "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."

I heard Jean say once that Ada was basically an evolution of LIS, which 
he developed in the early 70s. Ada 83 was ahead of its time, and clearly 
Jean even further ahead of his time.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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Re: In Rememberance of Jean Ichbiah

[Ian Caldwell]

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

Re: In Rememberance of Jean Ichbiah

[Ed Falis]

Ian Caldwell wrote:

> 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.

I'll agree with almost all of that, though I'm a bit more reserved about
parts of the Alsys/Thompson Software/Aonix experience.  Nice to know
you're still around, Ian.  My regards, and a moment of memorium and
silence for JDI - a mixed critter like all of us, but his own man and
well worthy of respect.

- Ed