Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2020-10-16 Thread Don Poitras
in the version one of the book. There > > was a table where the bits were described for floating point values > > and one of the bits was wrong. :) > > > > He will be very missed. > > In article <5a8c8a7e...@vse2pdf.com> you wrote: > > > Those

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2019-09-09 Thread Jerry Callen
I came across this in "The Archives" (aka "the huge pile of crap in my home office") and it brought back very fond memories of John. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ksqfw4MzFSgfG5g97 -- Jerry -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: SHARE tribute to Dr. John Ehrman

2018-03-31 Thread scott Ford
God I didnt know he had passed...He will be missed a brilliant man, I would have loved to meet him. Loved this Assembly for z/OS Servers ... RIP John ... >From a rookie compared to John Scott On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:34 PM Clark Morris wrote: > The following is a

SHARE tribute to Dr. John Ehrman

2018-03-28 Thread Clark Morris
The following is a link to the SHARE tribute to John Ehrman https://www.share.org/blog/a-tribute-to-john-ehrman. Clark Morris -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Dr. John Ehrman obituary

2018-03-27 Thread Clark Morris
I found this link to a brief obituary http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory=188482798 and this to post messages http://www.lastingmemories.com/memorial/john-robert-ehrman?obituaries. I was a participant on the SHARE/Guide Language Futures Task Force with John

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-21 Thread Phil Smith III
Can't add anything meaningful to what others have said other than to echo that this is a huge loss to the community, both as a person and as a technical resource. .phsiii -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-21 Thread Don Poitras
e the bits were described for floating point values and one of the bits was wrong. :) He will be very missed. In article <5a8c8a7e.3060...@vse2pdf.com> you wrote: > Those of you who have followed this list for years know well that Dr. John > Ehrman was the motivating force behind the d

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-21 Thread Dave Jones
"John was an exceedingly gracious individual without whom a lot of us would have been lost." Amen to that. DJ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-21 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Tony Thigpen wrote: >Those of you who have followed this list for years know well that Dr. John >Ehrman was the motivating force behind the development of the High-Level >Assembler (I often referred to him as the God Father of HLASM). >I am deeply saddened to report that John

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-21 Thread Jerry Callen
I knew John from my involvement with SHARE assembler committee, and through work with IBM's Federal Systems Division in the 1980s. He was a true gentleman, always kind, very smart, and an absolute pleasure to work with. I was delighted to have been able to chat with him (for the first time in

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-20 Thread Rob Schramm
ehalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 1:55 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: (External):Re: Dr. John Ehrman > > John was a lot more than a supporter of Greg's modification to Assembler H > and ultimately HLASM. We wil

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-20 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
):Re: Dr. John Ehrman John was a lot more than a supporter of Greg's modification to Assembler H and ultimately HLASM. We will miss him. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-M

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-20 Thread Seymour J Metz
Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Dr. John Ehrman Those of you who have followed this list for years know well that Dr. John Ehrman was the motivating force behind the development of the High-Level Assemb

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-20 Thread Greg Dyck
On 2/20/2018 2:50 PM, Tony Thigpen wrote: I am deeply saddened to report that John passed away this morning (Tuesday, 20 February 2018) following a protracted battle with cancer. I am also deeply saddened. John tended to speak quietly and was a kind and thoughtful person. Yet his work with

Re: Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-20 Thread Allan Kielstra
John was an exceedingly gracious individual without whom a lot of us would have been lost. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Dr. John Ehrman

2018-02-20 Thread Tony Thigpen
Those of you who have followed this list for years know well that Dr. John Ehrman was the motivating force behind the development of the High-Level Assembler (I often referred to him as the God Father of HLASM). I am deeply saddened to report that John passed away this morning (Tuesday, 20