Gr.Viper 131 Posted October 13, 2011 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted October 13, 2011 RIP...actually, unlike Jobs..he was a quiet hero... Jobs loved himself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,879 Posted October 13, 2011 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 153 Posted October 14, 2011 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexx_Luthor 57 Posted October 15, 2011 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
