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 <gu...@python.org> 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 contributor (e.g. Elementtree and the 're' > module) and his enthusiasm for the language and community were inspiring > for all who encountered him or his work. He spent countless hours on > comp.lang.python answering questions from newbies and advanced users alike. > > He also co-founded an early Python startup, Secret Labs AB, which among > other software released an IDE named PythonWorks. Fredrik also created the > Python Imaging Library (PIL) which is still THE way to interact with images > in Python, now most often through its Pillow fork. His effbot.org site > was a valuable resource for generations of Python users, especially its > Tkinter documentation. > > Fredrik's private Facebook page contains the following message from > November 25 by Ylva Larensson (translated from Swedish): > > """ > > It is with such sorrow and pain that I write this. Fredrik has left us > suddenly. > > """ > > A core dev wrote: "I felt privileged to be able to study Fredrik's code > and to read his writing. He was a huge asset to our community in the early > days. I enjoyed his sense of humor as well. I'm sad that he passed away." > > We will miss him. > > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > python-committers mailing list -- python-committers@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-committers-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-committers.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committers@python.org/message/36Q5QBILL3QIFIA3KHNGFBNJQKXKN7SD/ > Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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