Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of C and Unix, dies

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Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of C and Unix, dies

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Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of C and Unix (essential components or precursors to Linux, the current MacOS, and just about everything else computer-related...) died a few days ago.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/20 ... hieeffect/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Now if I could just find out who stole (umm... borrowed?) my copy of:

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....

Now that's a REAL computer. Who needs a GUI? :tongue:

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:candle:

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Rest in peace dmr. I burned up many years with C and unix, I appreciate it. Great and important tools.

Seriously, the importance of his role in this digital age would be hard to overstate.
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Vale Dennis Ritchie!

Some years ago when my youngest son was still a baby I had the hair-brained idea of returning to University to get my graduate diploma in software engineering. In order to reduce my course load I decided to take a subject during summer school. It was programming in C++. What an education that was! As a result of that experience I deferred my post grad course indefinitely. Not because i disliked the experience but more because I realized that with a young baby and another small child at home as well as a fulltime job, I just didn't have the time.

Hey Mike, I think I've got your book!
kind regards

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http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/20 ... hieeffect/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jobs stood on his shoulders.
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