There once lived a Tony named Davie,
whose favourite language was lazy.
He worked with persistence,
and humorous insistence
on limericks driving you crazy.
Sorry I never came up with one when you asked us to.
Claus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: Tony Davie
> Dear Haskell list member,
>
> It is with regret that I must inform you of the death of Tony Davie,
> who passed away on Wednesday, January 9th following a long-standing
> battle with leukemia. Many of you who came into contact with him will
> have been impressed by his in-depth understanding of his subject,
> by his interesting research talks, and by his sense of humour.
>
> Tony wrote the first book on Haskell, "An Introduction to Functional
> Programming Systems using Haskell", worked on functional persistent systems,
> and designed the CASE abstract machine, as well as being a major contributor
> to early SASL implementations here at St Andrews. In many ways, he was
> a true functional programming pioneer.
>
> I am sure you will back my action in expressing the condolences of the
> entire international community to Tony's family.
>
> Kevin
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