65 points alstonite | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 22:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.253s | source

I noticed the black bar is up today and I don't see any death posts. Is there an easy way to see who this is honoring? It would be nice to have a feature that on hover said who it was or something of the like.

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andrewl ◴[15 Nov 24 23:50 UTC] No.42152688[source]▶

>>42151976 (OP) #

I believe it is for Thomas Kurtz, one of the two people who created the BASIC language.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42141761

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1. whamlastxmas ◴[16 Nov 24 20:20 UTC] No.42158980[source]▶

>>42152688 #

My very first programming language was Liberty BASIC from a “for dummies” book. He’s had such a big influence on so many developers. Rip in peace

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