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  • H 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.

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    Nish Nishant
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    Henry Minute wrote:

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

    :laugh:

    Regards, Nish


    My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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    • T theanil

      No doubt he was legend in the field of programming.

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      Lost User
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      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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      • N Nish Nishant

        Well we did have 10 reposts for Jobs, so we might as well have a dozen for Ritchie too. :)

        Regards, Nish


        My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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        CPallini
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        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
        [My articles]

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        • R 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 ♫

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          Lost User
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          Ravi Sant wrote:

          RIP [Rose]

          Rich In Pointers? :)

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          • T theanil

            the great mind, the one who gave c, unix, etc to the world is no more. We love you Dennis Ritchie

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            caspianx67
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            Best eulogy I've seen today found here[^]:

            #include <stdio.h>

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

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            • D 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.

              "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

              "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

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              CPallini
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              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
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              • T theanil

                the great mind, the one who gave c, unix, etc to the world is no more. We love you Dennis Ritchie

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                thrakazog
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                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[^]

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                • C caspianx67

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

                  #include <stdio.h>

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

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                  theanil
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                  GoodBye Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie

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                  • T theanil

                    the great mind, the one who gave c, unix, etc to the world is no more. We love you Dennis Ritchie

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                    clientSurfer
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                    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

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                    • N Nish Nishant

                      Well we did have 10 reposts for Jobs, so we might as well have a dozen for Ritchie too. :)

                      Regards, Nish


                      My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

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

                      Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

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                      • T theanil

                        the great mind, the one who gave c, unix, etc to the world is no more. We love you Dennis Ritchie

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                        NormDroid
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                        Under a rock, just woke up?

                        Software Kinetics Wear a hard hat it's under construction
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