I read a few days ago that Bram Moolenaar has passed away.

I didn’t know him but I use his work almost everyday. Bram was the main author of vim which is an excellent and flexible text editor. A truly great piece of software.

It is also remarkable that vim is charityware to raise money to help children in Uganda. He was very dedicated to this cause and made a big difference in peoples lives beyond software.

I’m sure that character contributed to the strong community around vim and helped it survive and prosper for all of these years. He will be missed.