RIP Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011: Computer scientist, Unix co-creator, C programming lan

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RIP Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011: Computer scientist, Unix co-creator, C programming lan
By Xeni Jardin at 7:19 pm Wednesday, Oct 12

Computer scientist Dennis Ritchie is reported to have died at his home this past weekend, after a long battle against an unspecified illness. No further details are available at the time of this blog post.

Wikipedia biography here.

He was the designer and original developer of the C programming language, and a central figure in the development of Unix. He spent much of his career at Bell Labs. He was awarded the Turing Award in 1983, and the National Medal of Technology in 1999.

"Ritchie's influence rivals Jobs's; it's just less visible," James Grimmelman observed on Twitter. "His pointer has been cast to void *; his process has terminated with exit code 0."

The news of Ritchie's death was first made public by way of Rob Pike's Google+.

Photo, below: Candlelight vigil for Dennis M. Ritchie. (thanks, Kevin)

Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie

Source:

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

In my opinion this man was more important in the IT world then Steve Jobs

 

[BattleDuty]

Rest in Peace.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

You'll be missed.

 

[Sp32]

More of an inspiration than Steve Jobs, sad to see another person dying. But I guess that's life, eh?

 

[pioneer_fawad]

RIP

don't know but all are famous peoples

 

[fdls]

He was the creator of C. It is the basic language where ever you go now.

Well no comparing to Steve Jobs. Both are great. It is life, some day you must die. Long live man

RIP!

 

[-saMmy-]

He was the creator of C. It is the basic language where ever you go now.

Well no comparing to Steve Jobs. Both are great. It is life, some day you must die. Long live man

RIP!

true man , but i am thinking when i will die how i will inform WJ ???

 

[ShareShiz]

saw this a few days ago.. sad cuz steve jobs is getting all the attention when this guy did way more than jobs.

 

[Daniel]

RIP Dennis.

 

[CyberHacker]

RIP who ever you are , also RIP all the poor kids who die daily due to poverty and hunger

 

[nEw_boY]

Dont you guys compare legends or at least dont compare who are already dead.

RIP.

 

[nYXem]

R.I.P. Dennis Ritchie.
And please let Steve Jobs rest in peace too

 

[.:Raymond:.]

Rip dennis

 

[crazybana]

C and C++ is still the best when compared for speed...

RIP

 

[bxflow]

true man , but i am thinking when i will die how i will inform WJ ???

Tell your girlfriend to come on here and open a thread about I guess
and informing WJ about your death should really be the last thing on your mind.

By the time you die (if you die around 60-90 yrs old, I doubt WJ will still exist)

R.I.P Dennis.

 

[Sukhvinder]

RIP dennis

 

[CyberAff]

R.I.P missed another good man

 

[Prazsky]

More of an inspiration than Steve Jobs, sad to see another person dying. But I guess that's life, eh?

Agreed and RIP Dennis. Dennis was a true genius

 

[soft2050]

true man , but i am thinking when i will die how i will inform WJ ???

You can create thread 2 mins ago here and then shoot urself or do what bxflow said 8-) jk )

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RIP Dennis! With Steve Jobs death, many people are forgetting this person.
Many other langauges which we all use today were made in C

Thank you Mr.Dennis for making such a great platform

 

[liveuploader]

great personality

 

[souvikroy1111]

rip dennis...this person deserves more than steve