[cctalk] Re: L. Conway

2024-06-19 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 6/19/24 11:40, Mychaela Falconia via cctalk wrote: Jon Elson wrote: WOW, sad news!\u00A0 Yes, very sad news indeed! Lynn's story was my inspiration back in 2013-2014; after coming across her story and reading it breathlessly, I started my own journey, following in her footsteps. Yes, Lar

[cctalk] Re: L. Conway

2024-06-19 Thread Mychaela Falconia via cctalk
Jon Elson wrote: > WOW, sad news!\u00A0 Yes, very sad news indeed! Lynn's story was my inspiration back in 2013-2014; after coming across her story and reading it breathlessly, I started my own journey, following in her footsteps. > Yes, Larry/Lynn Conway was right in the > middle of MAJOR dev

[cctalk] Re: L. Conway

2024-06-19 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 6/18/24 21:09, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote: Today I came across an obituary of Lynn Conway, computer pioneer in the field of VLSI(along with Carver Mead) and also in one called dynamic instruction scheduling(used in supercomputing world). More to the point Conway was transgender and suf