In Memoriam: Tomáš Kalibera
Tomáš Kalibera, a member of the R Project core team, has passed away after a short illness. His contributions to open source were significant, impacting millions and providing him with a sense of fulfillment. He will be greatly missed by friends and colleagues alike.
- ▪Tomáš Kalibera was a member of the R Project core team.
- ▪He passed away after a short illness.
- ▪His work in open source reached millions and brought him fulfillment.
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We have received the sad news that Tomáš Kalibera, a member of the R Project core team, has passed away after a short illness. A friend who knew him well wrote to me: he was very happy, and his work fulfilled him. That is, perhaps, the best thing one can say about a life in open source — that the work mattered, that it reached millions, and that the person who did it found meaning in it. Kalibera was mentioned in this 2019 article about C programs passing strings to Fortran subroutines. He will be greatly missed.
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