Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!.POSTED.178.197.213.27!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: In Memorium: Richard Cornford Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 15:35:53 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 65 Message-ID: <2604756.mvXUDI8C0e@PointedEars.de> References: Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Injection-Info: gwaiyur.mb-net.net; posting-host="178.197.213.27"; logging-data="25870"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@open-news-network.org" User-Agent: KNode/4.14.10 Cancel-Lock: sha1:WPRT3LYYLHDFcCe2kUrnLW2ehTQ= X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. I just head from Asen Bozhilov that Richard Cornford has passed away [1] I can only hope it was not because of COVID-19. Too many good people have been lost too early this way already :-( > For those who don't know, Richard contributed significantly to the > JavaScript ecosystem and body of knowledge during the wild-west days of > the web. He had an incredible patience, and was very good at, explaining things. I would not be where I am today in computer science without his articles here. In fact, this entire newsgroup contributed greatly to my understanding in those days (I joined here around 2000, and had an incredible learning curve in the 2000s), which is why I thanked its regulars in general – and that would certainly include Richard Cornford – in the preface of my 2011/2012 bachelor’s thesis. In hindsight, his long and well-worded technical articles here probably have influenced me in choosing ECMAScript implementations as its topic. See also my (this time explicitly chosen) signature. > His personal website has been saved to the internet archive: > > > > You can see his years of contributions to this group here: > > > > He was one of the major maintainers of the original FAQ: > > No, I do not think so. The original FAQ was *maintained* by Jim Ley, which is why it is still available on his Web site. However, Richard Cornford was one of the main *contributors* to the FAQ, simply because he posted a lot of very good articles that then made it to the FAQ or FAQ Notes. > and much more. > > If you would like to share your favorite posts, articles, and more by > Richard that impacted you it would be appreciated. His contributions are, and will be, of course preserved in and (as long as Google Groups exists) through the new FAQ (which for some reason nobody wishes to refer or contribute to :-( ): I think I also have saved several of his articles in my local archive. Hopefully I can post the Message-IDs later. I grieve with you. \\//, PointedEars -- > If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices" > in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right... Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field. -- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14