In a profound loss to the world of computing and software development, Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed

Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.

  • Don CorleoneEnglish
    96•1 year ago

    Man, I’m sad 😔.

    I knew him personally (we worked for the same company at a point in time, although very different departments). I’m also a heavy vim user.

    We once were in the same meeting where the unsuspecting meeting chair was taking nodes in emacs org-mode. Most of other meeting members were not geeks, so nobody knew who Bram was. I said “Bram, look at this, they’re taking notes in emacs just to piss you off”, to which he responded “yeah, and it is horrible…” 😁

    Farewell and :wq

    • Don CorleoneEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Unfortunately, I only had limited interactions with him. I was the lead on a project that needed a few things from his team, and we had a number of meetings due to that.

      From my limited contact, he seemed like a chill guy. Never made any unreasonable assumptions and had a technical view on how to solve problems.