That is very sad news. I will miss Alex's enthusiasm and support on the forums. 
My heart goes out to his wife and kids. We lost a contributor, they lost their 
husband and dad. My family gets a hug tonight.

bob
 
On 2011-02-15, at 5:49 PM, chris burke wrote:

> Alex (bathala) Rufon (1973-2011) has passed away after a short illness.
> 
> Alex worked as a J developer at a manufacturer in the Philippines, and
> was one of the stalwarts of the J community. He was extremely helpful
> in setting up and contributing to the J wiki and code repositories. In
> the last few days when he seemed to have recovered from liver disease,
> we were discussing his work on a native cocoa ide for J.
> 
> He is survived by his wife and two children.
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