[J3] (SC22WG5.6235) Walt Brainerd

[Ondřej Čertík]

Thanks Steve for sharing. I knew about his work, I am sad I never had a chance to meet him in person.

Ondrej

On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Steve Lionel via J3 wrote:
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>  -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Walt brainerd Date: Sat, 
> 13 Jun 2020 15:21:41 -0400 From: Jerry Wagener <jerry at wagener.com> To: 
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> Walt Brainerd passed away on June 4th, 2020. He had cancer of the brain stem.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>  -Jerry