[Python-Dev] Re: [python-committers] Sad news from Zurich

2021-12-14 Thread Ivan Van Laningham
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 -- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works https://legacy.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningha

[Python-Dev] Re: [python-committers] Sad news from Zurich

2021-12-12 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
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

[Python-Dev] Re: [python-committers] Sad news from Zurich

2021-12-11 Thread Kyle Stanley
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