Thank you for taking on the responsibility and "keeping the lights on".
Condolences to Matthias family. He will be missed. On Sat., Mar. 28, 2020, 04:52 Erich Wälde, <ew.fo...@nassur.net> wrote: > > Dear AmForthers, > > > I'm quite certain, that many of you have noticed Matthias' > unusual silence. Since July 2019 he was fighting a serious > health issue. His wife has informed me that Matthias has > left this planet for good on Wednesday evening (2020-03-25). > > We wish him an exceptionally pleasant journey! > > > Matthias has contributed remarkable pieces to the Forth > community. Not only is he the creator of AmForth, which I have > used from an early stage. Not only has he increased the range of > target controllers to msp430, arm, and risc-v. He has always > been keen to make his work conform to the Forth Standard. > Moreover, he has gone even further by advancing the concept of > "recognizers" (originally proposed by Anton Ertl) through > several stages of implementation to a "Commettee supported > proposal", something that has not been seen before. If someone > wants to implement recognizers for her/his Forth, then this is > the interface to be written. The list of articles in the "Vierte > Dimension" dealing with or mentioning AmForth is simply > impressive. > > I do feel privileged to have met him im person a few times. > > > > Several weeks ago I had decided to at least try to keep the > website/repository updated, fixing bugs and documentation as > much as I can, and maybe a little more with your help. > Very fortunately I have been granted access to the web site. > > > I'm willing to take on this task as an expression of my deepest > respect for Matthias' work. I know that he spend countless hours on > AmForth. He has always been willing to listen to my many bug reports > and suggestions --- many more than the ones visible in the mailing > list archive. He had countless ideas to expand the system and keep it > useful for others. He is already sorely missed. > > > > If I (or anyone) can learn anything from this situation: grant access > to your most important (digital) information or files to a trusted > person while you can. You might be unable to do so later. > > > Despite the sad facts: > Happy Forthing nonetheless! Keep going! > Maybe even get wild occasionally! > > Greetings, > Erich > > > If you would like to express your feelings to his wife, I'm more > than happy to forward anything verbatim, if you send it my way. > If you would like a snail mail address from me, contact me via > ew.fo...@nassur.net --- > > > -- > May the Forth be with you ... > > > _______________________________________________ > Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ > Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel > _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
