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Dennis Ritchie \0
Posted: 14 Oct 2011, 10:29
by rustypup
arstechnica wrote:Linus Torvalds once said, in reference to the development of Linux, that he “had hoisted [himself] up on the shoulders of giants.” Among those giants, Dennis Ritchie (aka dmr) was likely the tallest. Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system passed away on October 8 at the age of 70, leaving a legacy that casts a very long shadow.
Re: Dennis Ritchie \0
Posted: 14 Oct 2011, 11:03
by hamin_aus
Father of Lionel Richie
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Re: Dennis Ritchie \0
Posted: 14 Oct 2011, 11:27
by GreyWolf
A man certainly deserving more praise and recognition than some fruit farmer from Cupertino.
Re: Dennis Ritchie \0
Posted: 14 Oct 2011, 11:44
by rustypup
GreyWolf wrote:A man certainly deserving more praise and recognition than some fruit farmer from Cupertino.
110% agreed...
Re: Dennis Ritchie \0
Posted: 14 Oct 2011, 21:11
by Sojourn
rustypup wrote:GreyWolf wrote:A man certainly deserving more praise and recognition than some fruit farmer from Cupertino.
110% agreed...
Silent warriors don't get applauded. Ever.
Re: Dennis Ritchie \0
Posted: 15 Oct 2011, 06:43
by Tribble
So it is not really what you do that makes you noteworthy - it is running a multimillion dollar corporation that does.
Until this thread - I never even knew who had developed C and Unix. The power of advertising....