ongoing · Erik Naggum, R.I.P.

I think that Erik was a sort of fundamentalist. He was a fundamentalist truth-seeker.

ongoing · Erik Naggum, R.I.P.

However, I do remember reading his contributions to the comp.text.sgml newsgroup at the time. Appended to his contributions was a pithy aphorism, my favourite of which was: "If you evaluate C++, you just get C only bigger."

ongoing · Erik Naggum, R.I.P.

When you’re gone, would you like to be
remembered as smart and articulate, or as a famous flamer?

ongoing · Erik Naggum, R.I.P.

Erik was a flamer’s flamer, back in the golden days of Usenet. He was
reflexively averse to the mainstream;

Erik Naggum R.I.P.

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