在 Hacker News Daily 上看到的消息，Fred Brooks 過世了：
Sad news from @unccs — Fred P. Brooks, the founder and long-time chair of the department (and a major influence on my professional outlook) passed away a few hours ago.
— Steven M. Bellovin (@SteveBellovin) November 18, 2022
Hacker News 上的討論在「Fred Brooks has died (twitter.com/stevebellovin)」這邊可以翻。
Fred Brooks 是 1999 年的 Turing Award 得主：
For landmark contributions to computer architecture, operating systems, and software engineering.
不過在電腦軟體產業裡，用他另外一個被廣為人知的作品來介紹會比較快，軟體工程的經典書籍「人月神話 (The Mythical Man-Month) (MMM)」的作者，從 Hacker News 的討論串裡面也可以看到很多對 MMM 的討論。