Our dearest friend has passed away. Bye Darrel...

[MikeGTN]

Just so Incredibly sad to hear this horrible news. Melabs have lost an excellent support engineer. A guy with time to explain and help with clear words and some enduring code examples. We all lost a friend in PBP coding. Like many had never had personal contact with Darrell, but learnt so much from his examples and clear explanations given within these forums just by following along (or at least trying my best to do so)

We already all feel the loss of him leaving us just way too early.

Regards
Mike.

[keithdoxey]

I have just returned to the Forum and PBP programming after being absent for most of the last 5 years. I am totally stunned and shocked by this sad news

I learnt an awful lot from Darrel's posts and code examples that he shared so freely. We have all lost a good friend. My condolences to his family. Sleep peacefully Darrel.

[ecoli-557]

OMG! I just am finding out about this!
Damn! Darrel has ALWAYS been a source of good-natured prodding, fun, guidance, mentoring, and ALWAYS found just the right words to help and not hinder someone's progress.
With his help I am much better at what I do, and dammit, he will be sorely missed.
The universe is a little more dim now...... Hell, I'm older than he was.......it is such a loss of a good mind.
I will have an Adult Beverage in his honor this evening........
Regards to All, and especially Darrel.
-Steve

[Amoque]

For a number of days I have not known how to respond to this news; it seems strange that I am affected so deeply by one I can hardly claim as an acquaintance, much less a friend in any traditional sense. It seems presumptuous to claim differently-- to assert some bond between us that did not exist. And yet, a profound sense of loss endures in me that I cannot set aside; nor do I wish to.

It seemed too little tribute to say that I respected his knowledge, that I appreciated his patience, that I sought to emulate his willingness to share himself with those less able. But as time has passed I realize that there is perhaps no greater legacy than to have strangers speak well, and sincerely, of one after their passing, and to have left understanding in the wake of their too short path through this life.

[Scampy]

OMG - what a shock.

Returned to the forum after a break and stumbled across this post.... I'm shocked, DT was such a nice guy, often taking time to help outside of the forum. He (and Henrik) helped me immensely with one of my largest projects, he will be missed no end.

RIP my Friend

Malc

[gadelhas]

It's been 1 year without Darrel...... We missed you a lot DT!!!

[sougata]

If you are doing serious PBP then you ought to use Darrrel's work. We will be ever grateful to you, Darrel.