Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2017-01-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Sat, 2016-12-31 at 07:54 +, Terry Coles wrote: > He will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him. Most definitely. I will miss the way he would enthusiastically explain some detail that amused him, whether it was about (natural) languages, programming languages, music, or anything.

Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2017-01-01 Thread Tim
On 31/12/16 07:54, Terry Coles wrote: Good Morning, It is with great regret that I have to report that Chris Smithies lost his battle with cancer at around midday yesterday. This outcome had been widely expected, but it is still a shock when it comes to pass. Chris has been a regular at the

Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2017-01-01 Thread Victor Churchill
For those who haven't seen it: http://grainger-quartet.co.uk/ best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Netley Abbey, Southampton 07970 844083 On 1 January 2017 at 10:41, Victor Churchill wrote: > I'm very sorry to hear this. I've not been to a LUG meet since moving away >

Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2016-12-31 Thread Natalie Masse Hooper
This is very sad news indeed. Weirdly enough, I don't remember that conversation Ralph is referring to! But I do remember many conversations about languages and etymology. On 31 Dec 2016 11:02, "Ralph Corderoy" wrote: Morning Terry, That is sad news. > In addition to

Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2016-12-31 Thread C Wills
Good morning Terry Sorry to hear the sad news, he was an interesting character and Ralph has noted some of his knowledge; always ready to help. Please pass on my condolences to his family. *Clive Wills and Maqjor (Rafi) * /Supporting Linux Mint & Open Source/ On 31/12/16 07:54, Terry Coles

Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2016-12-31 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Morning Terry, That is sad news. > In addition to his career in software development, He'd done a lot of programming on older small systems, in a dialect of C if he was lucky enough to have a ported compiler, and plenty of assembly languages, and was always interested to discuss the minutiae of

Re: [Dorset] Chris Smithies

2016-12-31 Thread PeterMerchant via dorset
On 31/12/16 07:54, Terry Coles wrote: Good Morning, It is with great regret that I have to report that Chris Smithies lost his battle with cancer at around midday yesterday. This outcome had been widely expected, but it is still a shock when it comes to pass. Chris has been a regular at the

[Dorset] Chris Smithies

2016-12-30 Thread Terry Coles
Good Morning, It is with great regret that I have to report that Chris Smithies lost his battle with cancer at around midday yesterday. This outcome had been widely expected, but it is still a shock when it comes to pass. Chris has been a regular at the Meetings for some time and was well