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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.lang.c,comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: C.B. Falconer, RIP  1931-2012
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:48:20 +1100
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"Les Cargill" <lcargil...@comcast.com> wrote in message 
news:k7ks70$moi$3@dont-email.me...
> Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Bruce Morgen" <edi...@juno.com> wrote in message
>> news:qv8r98tbg9quqerus2fidpg0huivts91ef@4ax.com...
>>> "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@notemailnotz.cnm> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Charles Richmond" <numer...@aquaporin4.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:k6c6db$tp4$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>> I am sorry to report that C.B. "Chuck" Falconer has passed away.  He
>>>>> used
>>>>> to be a regular in alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.cpm, and
>>>>> comp.lang.c.
>>>>> He had a long and involved history with computers and programming.  He
>>>>> was born in Switzerland on September 13, 1931 and passed away in
>>>>> Damariscotta, Maine on June 4, 2012.  I'm sure most everyone here
>>>>> remembers him and his posts to Usenet. One of his many accomplishments
>>>>> was writing an article for an early Dr. Dobbs magazine on implementing
>>>>> floating point on the Intel 8080 microprocessor.
>>>>>
>>>>> His resent resume and the downloadable files from a recent web page of
>>>>> his... can be found at You can a recent resume of his at the 
>>>>> ClassicCmp
>>>>> website:
>>>>>
>>>>> [link]
>>>>>
>>>>> His obituary is at:
>>>>>
>>>>> [link]
>>>>>
>>>>> I know I'm *not* the only person he has helped in his time on
>>>>> Usenet. I'm
>>>>> sure many here will mourn his passing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Every truly great man needs a quote on his tombstone which truly
>>>> captures
>>>> the essence of the man, what he stood for, his achievements in life, 
>>>> and
>>>> most importantly, what, if anything, humanity will remember him for:
>>>>
>>>>  *PLONK*
>>>>
>>>> As you treated others in life, so too shall you be treated in death.
>>>>
>>> Yeah, but in death you won't
>>> give a flyin' fahootch. :-)
>>
>> Depends on whether there is a hell or not and whether you end up there.
>
>
> The good news is: when you end up in Hell, you can then rent our Texas.

I have my own much better than texas that I don't
even need to rent back here before I end up in hell.