Dennis Ritchie died

[+Gr.Viper]

The man behind Unix and C programming language passed away last weekend. Sadly, the world was too preoccupied with the death of a better promoted persona to notice.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/operating-systems/3310655/unix-and-c-creator-dennis-ritchie-dies

http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/dennis-ritchie-1941-2011-computer-scientist-unix-co-creator-c-co-inventor.html

[UK_Widowmaker]

RIP...actually, unlike Jobs..he was a quiet hero... Jobs loved himself

[+MigBuster]

Aw no - most of todays computing is built on Unix and C (and its descendents C++/c#/Java)

 

Linux came out of Unix(Minix)

MAC OSX is based on BSD Unix - and so are the iPhone iPad Operating Systems

 

C++ - well most of Windows is built with that - and Linux/Unix on C and C++ - and so's Falcon 4 from what Ive read :)

 

 

Respect to a great pioneer and true Genius

[topcat II]

RIP

[Slartibartfast]

I remember doing C programming back in the 1980's... and as has been said as far as IT goes he was the quiet man in IT, he just got on with it whereas Jobs...

[Lexx_Luthor]

The Development of the C Language, by Dennis Ritchie, 1993

 

~> http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html

 

Good read, but it makes my head hurt bringing back repressed memories.

[Jug]

Respect due. RIP