Indeed, I have pleasant memories of the Dolphin Smalltalk days and his comments on the list
He did many cool things On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. This is surprising, he was really young and this is sad. > > Stef > > I used to enjoy Bill's perspective on things coming to Pharo from Dolphin. It > would seem there is unfortunate news. >> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gainesville/obituary.aspx?pid=159883187 >> >> Wilhelm "Bill" K. Schwab Ph.D., 48, of Gainesville, Florida, died Friday >> September 7, 2012 at a friend's home, after a determined battle with cancer. >> [...] His software was far more reliable than the commercial operating >> systems on which it ran. He even wrote his own "object request broker," a >> specialized networking software tool, using Smalltalk, an exotic computer >> language. With his tool, he created, implemented and maintained a fully >> functional handwriting-capable anesthesia medical record system that was >> well ahead of its time, and was used for years in actual patient care in >> multiple operating rooms. His software never required "downtime." >> >> regards -ben >> >
