Re: [PLUG] Dennis Ritchie has reportedly died

["Alan D. Salewski" <salewski@att.net>]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 09:49:03AM -0400, Julien Vehent spake thus:
> 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

RIP dmr.

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