Dennis Ritchie

[Nagy Vilmos]

So the quality of his impact is reflected in the number of threads? dmr was a titan and 'that other bloke' was good at marketing.

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[Hans Dietrich]

Maybe there should be a competition: the best repost for a dead person. Here in LA, the media has been going nutso over the trial of MJ's doctor, so we have 3 active dead person threads: Jobs, Ritchie, and Jackson. Maybe the Great Hamster in the Sky can set up a special Dead People forum, where we can cast our votes?

Best wishes, Hans

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[Hans Dietrich Software]

[Lost User]

He helped crete the most important language in programming, One I use daily, still (ok, with some changes, but largely the same).

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[David Crow]

Hans Dietrich wrote:

Maybe the Great Hamster in the Sky can set up a special Dead People forum, where we can cast our votes?

I would not be so Grateful.

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[Henry Minute]

theanil wrote:

He was a titan of the computer industry who had enormous influence on the work programmers do.

Nobody is arguing about that. Least of all Nish (Nishant). Just look up a few of his articles to see his credentials in that department. What he was pointing out to you was that this had already been reported here in The Lounge, earlier today[^].

Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

[Henry Minute]

Is that exchange rate current? I would expect to get more Jobs to the Ritchie than that.

Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

[Ravi Sant]

RIP :rose:

// ♫ 99 little bugs in the code, // 99 bugs in the code // We fix a bug, compile it again // 101 little bugs in the code ♫

[Nish Nishant]

Thanks Henry!

Regards, Nish

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[theanil]

No doubt he was legend in the field of programming.

[Nish Nishant]

Henry Minute wrote:

I would expect to get more Jobs to the Ritchie than that.

:laugh:

Regards, Nish

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My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

[Lost User]

Totally. Not only dis hos language get used for almost every OS, embedes syatem, and driver in the sorld. But it also went on to provide a landuage for a lot of applications, and provide the base for C++. Its syntax was also copied by two of the other most used languages in the world. Java and C#. Clrearly, his contribution to IT is immense, beyond measure.

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[CPallini]

I didn't know, yet. :(( :rose:

If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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[Lost User]

Ravi Sant wrote:

RIP [Rose]

Rich In Pointers? :)

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[caspianx67]

Best eulogy I've seen today found here[^]:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
printf("goodbye, dad\n");
return 0;
}

[CPallini]

Kevin Spacey would agree.

If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]

[thrakazog]

theanil wrote:

unix

...well I'll let that slide. I'd hate to speak ill of the departed.

Kill some time, play my game Hop Cheops[^]

[theanil]

GoodBye Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie

[clientSurfer]

I'll think of him everytime I dangle my pointer :cool:

"... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet." - Henry Minute  "...who gives a tinker's cuss?" - Dalek Dave

[Andy Brummer]

I think the proper way to say that is Leslie Nielsen has died.

Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

[NormDroid]

Under a rock, just woke up?

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