This is very sad news. I feel privileged to have known him. The last time I saw him was when my wife and I were on vacation in Vancouver a few years ago and I, in my usual slapdash fashion, realized that it was where Roger lived, so I emailed him one morning about getting together. In spite of the absence of advance notice, he and his family joined us for lunch that day and it was a pleasure to meet them as well.
He will be sorely missed. On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 5:26 PM 'Ken Chakahwata' via Chat < [email protected]> wrote: > This is sad news indeed for me. I worked with Roger in the late 80's in > team building a financial analytic package for the then Reuters. I feel > privileged to have been his colleague both at IP Sharp Associates and then > later as part of a Reuters project team. > > I well recall one time when we were having a team diner on one of my > regular visits to Toronto me asking Roger what he would like to drink > before we eat. > > "I don’t drink. I have a finite number of brain cells and I want to > preserve them all" was the reply. > > Long live Roger! I feel honoured to claim that I worked with you at one > stage and I was always in awe of your intellectual and well-reasoned > approach. > > Rgds/ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chat <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ian Clark > Sent: 17 October 2021 20:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Jchat] [Jprogramming] Roger Hui - 1953 - 2021 > > I never had the privilege of meeting Roger Hui. But for over 20 years he > has existed for me as a towering presence in the world of computer science. > For me he will never die. > > Ian Clark > > On Sun, 17 Oct 2021 at 19:45, 'robert therriault' via Chat < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Indeed, it is a sad day. My condolences to his family and all of those > > who knew him far better than I. > > As a person who only briefly interacted with him, he struck me as a > > wise and humble man of exceeding intelligence - the qualities that you > > would always want your heroes to have. > > > > Rest in peace, Roger > > > > bob > > > > > On Oct 17, 2021, at 09:47, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Apart from Roger's work for Jsoftware and Dyalog, I'd like to > > > mention a couple of rather less known contributions: > > > > > > One is the brilliant set of Essays in the J wiki at > > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays . > > > > > > The other is the set of papers on APL and J at > > > https://www.jsoftware.com/papers, which is a treasure trove of > > historical > > > info. Roger worked on this quietly for several years. His last > > > update was just 3 weeks ago. > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 9:18 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> :( > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Raul > > >> > > >> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 12:14 PM Eric Iverson > > >> <[email protected] > > > > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Roger Hui passed away peacefully on Saturday afternoon, October > > >>> 16, > > 2021. > > >>> > > >>> He had a several year struggle with cancer and was in a hospice > > >>> with > > his > > >>> hands held by his wife Stella and their children Rachel and Nicholas. > > >>> > > >>> Roger created J with Ken and made major contributions to APL. But > > >>> all > > >> that > > >>> has been farthest from my mind the last 24 hours. What I think > > >>> about is > > >> the > > >>> joy I saw when watching Ken and Roger together. I remember Ken > > >>> telling > > me > > >>> how Roger asked if it would be OK to bring his girlfriend to > > >>> dinner > > with > > >>> Ken and Jean. And how they were surprised by the coincidence that > > >>> her > > >> name > > >>> was Ken's mother's name. No one was surprised by the integrity and > > >>> soundness of the family that he and Stella made. > > >>> > > >>> Yes, Roger was a coder extraordinaire. But what was important is > > >>> that > > he > > >>> was a rock solid good person. His calm and measured way in life > > >>> and in > > >> his > > >>> last years should be a model to all. > > >>> > > >>> (Roger would have insisted that any comments go to chat) > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> ---- For information about J forums see > > >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> --- For information about J forums see > > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
