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Dennis Ritchie
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:57 pm
by Paul McKeown
September 9, 1941 – October 8, 2011
Rest in Peace
Re: Dennis Ritchie
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:07 am
by PeterTurland
Yeah not the genius self publicist that Jobs was, so obviously a nonentity. You know the guy who put an 'I' in front of everything was far more cleverer than the guy who wrote the first proper computer language, according to the red tops.
Re: Dennis Ritchie
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:19 am
by Carl Hibbard
I still have the original white book somewhere although I haven't looked in a while, so perhaps I need to dust it off in tribute
Re: Dennis Ritchie
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:29 am
by Jon D'Souza-Eva
I "acquired" my copy of Kernighan and Ritchie back in 1990. Great book, everything you need to know and no waffle. I had no idea that Ritchie was ill, does anyone know what was wrong with him? (no jokes about "the big C" please).
Re: Dennis Ritchie
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:47 am
by Ian Kingston
Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote:I "acquired" my copy of Kernighan and Ritchie back in 1990. Great book, everything you need to know and no waffle. I had no idea that Ritchie was ill, does anyone know what was wrong with him? (no jokes about "the big C" please).
The
New York Times says he was being treated for 'prostate cancer and heart disease'.