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Thomas E. Kurtz has died

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618 points 1986 | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.325s | source
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dlachausse ◴[14 Nov 24 23:21 UTC] No.42142356[source]▶
Like most of the programmers of my generation, BASIC was the first language I learned. BASIC was so pervasive in the 80s and 90s. Nearly every computer came with a copy of some flavor of BASIC. Even my 6th grade math textbook had an appendix with educational math games in the form of BASIC source code listings.

So long and thanks for all the fish Dr. Kurtz!

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fuzztester ◴[15 Nov 24 00:43 UTC] No.42142909[source]▶
Why "thanks.*fish"? (regex, chill ;)

I know it is a saying, have read it before, but would prefer to hear the explanation from a person rather than Google.

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jpc0 ◴[15 Nov 24 00:47 UTC] No.42142930[source]▶
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
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mmcdermott ◴[15 Nov 24 00:51 UTC] No.42142947[source]▶
To add to this, it is revealed in Hitchhikers that dolphins are super intelligent extraterrestrials. "So long and thanks for all the fish" is the superintelligent dolphins farewell to the last of earth/hummanity.
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1. fuzztester ◴[15 Nov 24 04:01 UTC] No.42143856[source]▶
that's rather finny :)

or fishy.