More...Bob Bemer – the man who developed the ASCII coding system, pioneered the Escape Key (found on all PCs and Macs), and introduced the backslash into computer use – has died at his home in Texas following a battle with cancer. He was 84.
ASCII is dead
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ASCII is dead
This is very sad to hear, but at least he did something important in his lifetime. It seems he had common sense about things....
One cannot but admire...He is recognized as the first person in the world to publish warnings of the Year 2000 'Millennium Bug' problem ? first in 1971, and again in 1979.