<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Sad day indeed.<br><br>My personal "Smalltalk hero" is Vassili Bykov, as I had the chance (privilege) to work with him.<br><br>Andreas was of the same kind. Everytime no one had a clue, he came up with such a simple and elegant solution that you felt dumb not to have thought about it in the first place, just like Vassili.<br><br>Just like Vassili, even though he was eons ahead of you, Andreas never made you feel you were a moron. He kindly and patiently and precisely replied to all questions, even the dumbest. He had the talent to explain the most complex things and not make you feel stupid. Even better, he made you understand with his answers!<br><br>I will remember him not just as a coder, but as a great teacher through his numerous emails on the mailing
lists...<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>-----------------<br>Benoit St-Jean<br>Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean<br>A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero.<br>(Albert Einstein)<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Andreas Wacknitz <a.wacknitz@gmx.de><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:16:30 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [squeak-dev] In Memory
of Andreas Raab<br> </font> </div> <br>Like many said before: I was shocked when I got the news today.<br>I didn't have the honor to meet Andreas in person but as a long time lurker I recognized his many contributions to Squeak.<br>May I propose to devote a Squeak release in memory to Andreas?<br><br>Andreas Wacknitz<br><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>