Indeed, it is a sad day. My condolences to his family and all of those who knew him far better than I. As a person who only briefly interacted with him, he struck me as a wise and humble man of exceeding intelligence - the qualities that you would always want your heroes to have.
Rest in peace, Roger bob > On Oct 17, 2021, at 09:47, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
