Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011.

[Brynet-Inc]

I'm sure most of you are already well aware, but dmr died a few days ago. Hopefully most of you here agree that it was a major loss.

http://www2.alcatel-lucent.com/blogs/co ... jeong-kim/

[NickJohnson]

How did I not hear about this yet? Steve Jobs dies and it's all over the news, but the creator of C and co-creator of UNIX dies and I have to learn about it through osdev.org five days later?

- sigh -

The world has lost a great hacker.

[Solar]

{a minute of silence}

[MDM]

This is very sad for the the industry – he revolutionized the software world more than anyone else that I can think of.

[Casm]

He was responsible for creating a useful and versatile programming language. It is just a shame he had to spoil it with a crap operating system.

[Coty]

How did I not hear about this yet? Steve Jobs dies and it's all over the news, but the creator of C and co-creator of UNIX dies and I have to learn about it through osdev.org five days later?

I know... I bet it'll be the same thing when the true creator of Apple (Steve Woz) goes...

RIP

[bonch]

I was genuinely sad when I heard about this. He was such a quiet achiever.

[Colonel Kernel]

I think Herb Sutter (chair of the ISO C++ Standards Committee) summed it up best:

So this young upstart whippersnapper comes along and decides to try to specify a language that will let people write programs that are: (a) high-level, with structures and functions; (b) portable to just about any kind of hardware; and (c) efficient on that hardware so that they’re competitive with handcrafted nonportable custom assembler code on that hardware. A high-level, portable, efficient systems programming language.

How silly. Everyone knew it couldn’t be done.

C is a poster child for why it’s essential to keep those people who know a thing can’t be done from bothering the people who are doing it.

http://herbsutter.com/2011/10/12/dennis-ritchie/

[Jezze]

I'm sad for both Dennis and Steve but for me on a personal level the achievements of Dennis have far more influenced my life. I thank you for that Dennis.

[VolTeK]

when the true creator of Apple (Steve Woz) goes

I think not. When everyone thinks of apple, they think Steve Jobs. Most people can pull out their iPhones and ask their children or friends who made it, and they more then likely will say Steve Jobs. Most wont realize how big a part Steve Wozniak played in the roll of starting Apple when he dies.

[TylerH]

when the true creator of Apple (Steve Woz) goes

I think not. When everyone thinks of apple, they think Steve Jobs. Most people can pull out their iPhones and ask their children or friends who made it, and they more then likely will say Steve Jobs. Most wont realize how big a part Steve Wozniak played in the roll of starting Apple when he dies.

That's what he meant: that Dennis and the Woz will get the same, small amount of recognition, despite their achievements being equal to, if not better than Jobs'.

[VolTeK]

if not better than Jobs'.

He deserves much more then what he will probably get, thats for sure.

[xyjamepa]

what a lost
ah
minute of silence .