Fredrik was a lovely man who was also essential to the development of
Python as it is today. I'm sorry that I only met him once, and I will miss
him greatly.
Metta,
Ivan
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Ivan Van Laningham
God N Locomotive Works
https://legacy.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningha
This is really sad news indeed. Fredrik was a brilliant and
innovative key figure in Python land for such a long time and
has contributed a lot towards Python's success.
Here's an older archived version of his website:
http://web.archive.org/web/20201109205132/http://effbot.org/
On 10.12.2021
May he rest in peace, I can't even fathom the impact PIL has had on Python
over the years.
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 3:20 PM Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 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 co