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Thomas E. Kurtz has died

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613 points 1986 | 2 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.449s | source
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smarks ◴[15 Nov 24 00:24 UTC] No.42142776[source]▶
Like several others here, my first programming language was BASIC. For this we owe Kurtz a debt of gratitude.

I know Dijkstra is famous for having said that we're mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration, but you know, I kinda think we didn't turn out half bad.

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1. crest ◴[15 Nov 24 02:18 UTC] No.42143386[source]▶
Enough LISP and Assembler can eventually cure the worst BASIC inflicted brain damage, but some scars remain.
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2. FuriouslyAdrift ◴[15 Nov 24 17:15 UTC] No.42148805[source]▶
Messing with hardware and Forth... fun times