Dennis Ritchie, Father Of C And UNIX, Passes Away At Age 70

[system32]

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/father-of-c-and-unix-dennis-ritchie-passes-away-at-age-70/

main()
{
    printf("Goodbye, World");
}

One of the most influential and important computer scientists.
RIP dmr

 

[Skywalker42]

rip(); /* We will C you on the other side */

http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/picture.html

 

[Skywalker42]

First Steve now Dennis.
Whats god up to? Buildind an "iGod" , gOS, G++ ?
Will Bill Gates be next to do the marketing ?

"Cloud computing" is certainly gaining momentum.

 

[Knyro]

Now this is a real loss.

It's a pity hacks like Steve get far more recognition than unsung heroes like Ritchie.

 

[orrymr]

Jobs is bound to get more attention. Wouldn't call him a hack though.

Either way; sad news. rip();

 

[bollie]

Did anyone ever read K&R's "The C Programming Language"? Now that was the last great, concise and easy to understand specification of a programming language used to write operating systems...

 

[BigAl-sa]

Did anyone ever read K&R's "The C Programming Language"? Now that was the last great, concise and easy to understand specification of a programming language used to write operating systems...

I still have K&R on my bookshelf. It *is* the defining work as far as C is concerned.

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[AK65]

Strange how little press the creator of the language that Windows and Linux (and probably MacOS) gets. Without him, none of this would have been possible.

But I can't put it better than the first post, which did make me quite emotional...

 

[ponder]

John McCarthy the designer of LISP also passed away last Sunday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)

 

[kayvee]

Did anyone ever read K&R's "The C Programming Language"? Now that was the last great, concise and easy to understand specification of a programming language used to write operating systems...

Definitely one of my most guarded possessions on the bookshelf.

R.I.P. Dennis.