Message from Guido van Rossum
(https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/thread/36Q5QBILL3QIFIA3KHNGFBNJQKXKN7SD/):
A former core dev who works at Google just passed the news that
Fredrik Lundh (also known as Effbot) has died.
Fredrik was an early Python contributor (e.g. Elementtree and the 're'
module) and his enthusiasm for the language and community were
inspiring for all who encountered him or his work. He spent countless
hours on comp.lang.python answering questions from newbies and
advanced users alike.
He also co-founded an early Python startup, Secret Labs AB, which
among other software released an IDE named PythonWorks. Fredrik also
created the Python Imaging Library (PIL) which is still THE way to
interact with images in Python, now most often through its Pillow
fork. His effbot.org site was a valuable resource for generations of
Python users, especially its Tkinter documentation.
Fredrik's private Facebook page contains the following message from
November 25 by Ylva Larensson (translated from Swedish):
"""
It is with such sorrow and pain that I write this. Fredrik has left us
suddenly.
"""
A core dev wrote: "I felt privileged to be able to study Fredrik's
code and to read his writing. He was a huge asset to our community in
the early days. I enjoyed his sense of humor as well. I'm sad that he
passed away."
We will miss him.
--
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't
stop to think if they should"
-- Dr. Ian Malcolm
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