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Re:Jörg Schilling has died by sillysaurusx on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:05AM (#28829138)
Hehe. I’m not sure someone’s epitaph is the appropriate place to report a bug. On the other hand, after thinking about it, I hope someone reports a bug in one of my tools in my obituary thread :)
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Re:Jörg Schilling has died by colejohnson66 on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:20AM (#28829328)
Donald Knuth has a unique solution to the “bugs after death” problem. When he dies, TeX goes to version pi, and METAFONT to version e. All bugs become features.
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Re:Jörg Schilling has died by anon9001 on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:58PM (#28831674)
> May his software immortalize him.

I wish we had a better word for what strenholme is doing besides "maintainer".

To have known the deceased and decide to continue their work is something special indeed.

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Re:Jörg Schilling has died by nefitty on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:40PM (#28833907)
It is sort of beautiful in a way. It reminds me of how people will look back on a musician's discography when they pass. For programmers, maybe looking through their code and the unique voice they expressed through it is what we do.
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