On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 1:37:07 AM UTC, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Message from Guido van Rossum > (https://mail.python.org/archives/list/pytho...@python.org/thread/36Q5QBILL3QIFIA3KHNGFBNJQKXKN7SD/): > > > > 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. > > > > -- > "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't > stop to think if they should" > -- Dr. Ian Malcolm
Thanks for passing on this sad news. Effbot was one of the luminaries when I started writing Python (v1.4/v1.52 times). I still have his 'standard library' book, as well as being a user of PIL/Pillow. Jon N -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
