I'm heartbroken to share this news about our dear friend and colleague, @ChrisGSeaton. https://t.co/BfWqjTsl3d

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    I'm heartbroken to share this news about our dear friend and colleague,

    @ChrisGSeaton

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    Screenshot of a message from Shopify's Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team that includes: Our dear friend and colleague Chris Seaton passed away last Saturday, December 3rd. Chris was an important part of our team at Shopify, and a notable figure in the Ruby community, and we are deeply saddened by our collective loss. Chris accomplished much in his life. He completed a Ph.D., rose to be Squadron Leader in the British Army Reserve, and started a young family. Chris began the TruffleRuby project in 2013 as an intern at Oracle Labs and stewarded it into a full-fledged Ruby implementation. Chris advanced the state of the art in dynamic language optimization, co-authoring 16 publications, contributing to countless others, and establishing both the Ruby Bibliography archive of Ruby research publications and the Ruby Compiler Survey. For his efforts, he was a Ruby Prize finalist in 2016. Chris’s papers, essays, and code contributions are currently archived at chrisseaton.com.

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    Our team at Shopify has been in touch with Chris's family to offer as much support as we can in this difficult time, and they asked us to communicate this news to the Ruby and the compiler research communities.

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    I don't have details yet about a memorial service, but will share that information here when I can.

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    I've heard from the family that the service is planned for Friday, Dec 23. Because this is very near to Christmas, and there are strikes planned (including Border Control), this may mean attendance is impossible for most of us.

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    Chris will be missed by all of us. It was a privilege to work together.

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