I wrote in a previous post Computer History Museum: Preserving Snobol and Spitbol Artifacts about SNOBOL and Spitbol, and noted therein the death of Ralph Griswold late last year.
I took immense satisfaction in his work on the SNOBOL and ICON programming languages though
I never had the good fortune to meet Ralph.Our only dealings had to do with some SNOBOL matter close to three decades ago. I forget the details except that during a phone conversation he made one of the wisest remarks I have ever heard:
Ralph Griswold: I wish I had done it myself. In the long run I always do.
Another was from Jack Schwartz:
Jack Schwartz: Work is a signed quantity.
A picture of Ralph can be found at Ralph E. Griswold Memorial Endowment.
Ralph Griswold – May his memory be a blessing.
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