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Computer Pioneer Bob Bemer Dies
tpconcannon writes "Bob Bemer, the man who helped introduce the backslash as well as the escape key to computing, has passed away at his home at the age of 78. He also helped develop ASCII during the 60's at IBM. More interesting is that he predicted the Y2K bug all the way back in 1971!"
If only we had, we wouldn't be living in this post apocalyptic world now, I'd be able to get on a plane and visit family, and my computer would still work.
Yes I know that in the few cases that it mattered it was fixed, but Y2K was blown way out of proportion by everyone, including some very smart people, it just wasn't that big of a deal.
He could be remembered for many things that directly contribute to systems we have now, but but this point, I would think that most people would like to distance themselves from those Y2K shenanigans.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
What I'd like to know is who the a__hole was that decided to use the \ as a directory separator in MS-DOS, which was passed along to Winblows.
*It's not what you can do for the Dark Side but what the Dark Side can do for you!*
oh, now COBOL spellchecking...
His point is clear. He says RIP in COBOL way...
Geez...