[J3] [EXTERNAL] (SC22WG5.6235) Walt Brainerd

[Carlson, Neil]

I'm so sad to hear this.  I had many email exchanges with Walt back in the mid-90's about his F programming language. I remember him as being very approachable, welcoming and ready to help. -Neil


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Subject:        Walt brainerd
Date:   Sat, 13 Jun 2020 15:21:41 -0400
From:   Jerry Wagener <jerry at wagener.com><mailto:jerry at wagener.com>
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Walt Brainerd passed away on June 4th, 2020.  He had cancer of the brain stem.

Walt joined X3J3 in the mid 1970s and was a strong advocate for Fortran for the rest of his life.   He authored and co-authored many books on Fortran, taught classes, gave seminars, and ran “The Fortran Company” website.

On X3J3, Walt consistently advocated adding clear modern features and deprecating old, unsafe, features; often against strong opposition.  He encouraged the numerical analysis community to take an interest in Fortran development and he was the typesetter for Fortran 90.   Throughout all of the Fortran struggles and joys, he was just a good guy.

He was teaching a class at the end of February and had a fall.  After he flew home and went to the hospital, they discovered a mass on his brain stem.  He was in home hospice when he died.  His family was with him.

There apparently is not yet an official obituary. If you know of someone not on this email list that would be interested, please feel free to send this note to them.

    -Jerry
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