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ASCII is dead

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:48 am
by Grim...
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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.
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:50 am
by wwwapu
This is very sad to hear, but at least he did something important in his lifetime. It seems he had common sense about things....
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.
One cannot but admire...