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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.68.96.228 with SMTP id dv4mr5734137pbb.6.1374516929339; Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:15:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.49.99.65 with SMTP id eo1mr8086qeb.3.1374516928921; Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:15:28 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!qx7no49330282pbc.1!news-out.google.com!b2ni79296pby.1!nntp.google.com!ko2no92511794pbb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:15:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=149.32.224.34; posting-account=Qh2kiQoAAADpCLlhT_KTYoGO8dU3n4I6 NNTP-Posting-Host: 149.32.224.34 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: David C. Hoos, RIP From: Anh Vo Injection-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:15:29 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16469 Date: 2013-07-22T11:15:28-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, July 22, 2013 9:49:33 AM UTC-7, Marc C wrote: > Old-timers to this forum will remember David C. Hoos, Sr. as an active an= d knowledgeable participant, a real force within the Ada user community. >=20 > David was killed in an auto accident Saturday night, his vehicle collidin= g with a car driven by an unlicensed minor. http://blog.al.com/breaking/201= 3/07/77-year-old_man_killed_in_car.html > =20 > I had the pleasure of having lunch with him about a dozen years ago, and = exchanged an occasional email. On one project I worked on in the subsequent= years I found his name all through the code, he had been one of the princi= pal designers of the very large wargaming system that I was porting to a ne= w platform. > =20 > While he'd been retired for several years now and pretty much dropped out= of active involvement with the Ada community, his participation in it for = many years strengthened it and helped teach developers how to get more out = of the language. My sincere codolences to his family and friends. A. Vo