[Cuis] Andreas Raab passed away

H. Hirzel hannes.hirzel at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 13:31:18 CST 2013


These are sad news.

I met Andreas once 12 years ago in Berne in a meeting organized by
Stephane Ducasse. Just recently he answered a question of mine on the
Squeak list. He was always helpful and willing to share his insights.

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Hannes Hirzel

On 1/15/13, Germán Arduino <garduino at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks by share your knowledge of Andreas. As I've said in squeak-dev, also
> helped to me and not much time ago, I've still their mails on my inbox.
>
> Very sad moment. :(
>
>
> 2013/1/15 Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org>
>
>> This is so sad. Andreas was young and full of energy. He should have had
>> the chance to live many more years!
>>
>> Andreas was an extraordinay coder. When Alan told me of the about to be
>> released Tweak project (this was in 2003), he said "Andreas is amazing.
>> There's nothing he can not do!"
>>
>> He wrote a lot of the code we use everyday. His code is always fast and
>> efficient. I think he had the lowest rate of bugs I've ever seen.
>>
>> When having technical arguments (he didn't refuse to have them), he never
>> got emotional, and he really knew how to argue on actual facts. He was
>> almost always right too. I have learnt a  lot from him. Andreas was one
>> of
>> the very few people whose messages in squeak-dev I always read, no matter
>> the subject. His opinion on any subject is important to me.
>>
>> He was also nice and friendly. He always answered questions and helped me
>> and others when dealing with stuff that he knew better. There was always
>> a
>> lot of stuff he knew better! And he always welcomed contributions from
>> others.
>>
>> Andreas had a big and positive impact in our lives. I will not forget
>> him.
>>
>> Juan Vuletich
>>
>>
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