Re: [PLUG] Dennis Ritchie has reportedly died

[Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>]

On 13.10.2011 09:42, Eric H. Johnson wrote:
> This won't get the headlines like the passing of Steve Jobs, but an 
> equally
> influential figure in the history of computers has reportedly just 
> died.
> Dennis Ritchie, developer of the C language and instrumental in the
> development of UNIX.
>
> Story:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2011%2F10%2F12
>
> %2Fdennis-ritchie-1941-2011-computer-scientist-unix-co-creator-c-co-inventor
> .html&h=AAQBk61J8AQAOaYfeGAuX_dEDwWP0XgrnN6XaitlpZUvS0Q
>
> Wiki Entry:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
>
> RIP

There is a comment on the HN thread that I found to be a nice tribute:

    #include <stdio.h>
    main()
    {
        printf("goodbye, world\n");
    }

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3105667




Julien
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