Apart from Roger's work for Jsoftware and Dyalog, I'd like to mention a couple of rather less known contributions:
One is the brilliant set of Essays in the J wiki at https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays . The other is the set of papers on APL and J at https://www.jsoftware.com/papers, which is a treasure trove of historical info. Roger worked on this quietly for several years. His last update was just 3 weeks ago. On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 9:18 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > :( > > -- > Raul > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 12:14 PM Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Roger Hui passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, October 16, 2021. > > > > He had a several year struggle with cancer and was in a hospice with his > > hands held by his wife Stella and their children Rachel and Nicholas. > > > > Roger created J with Ken and made major contributions to APL. But all > that > > has been farthest from my mind the last 24 hours. What I think about is > the > > joy I saw when watching Ken and Roger together. I remember Ken telling me > > how Roger asked if it would be OK to bring his girlfriend to dinner with > > Ken and Jean. And how they were surprised by the coincidence that her > name > > was Ken's mother's name. No one was surprised by the integrity and > > soundness of the family that he and Stella made. > > > > Yes, Roger was a coder extraordinaire. But what was important is that he > > was a rock solid good person. His calm and measured way in life and in > his > > last years should be a model to all. > > > > (Roger would have insisted that any comments go to chat) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
