Sitwon Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Dennis Ritchie, one of the formative pioneers of modern Computer Science died on October 8th at the age of 70. He was one of creators of the C programming language and the Unix operating system. His book on C, which is co-authored with Brian Kernighan, is still widely regarded as one of the pinnacle texts on Computer Science. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapeon Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamdhz Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corstar Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I wouldn't go as far as saying "forget" Steve. But I agree, Dennis Ritchie had a far wider influence on the tech world and pretty much everyone's life directly and indirectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corstar Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Actually, just had a thought. Once again, not to take anything away from Steve Jobs but... Dying wasn't cool until Steve Jobs done it. More of a comment on other people than him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapeon Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.” ― George S. Patton Jr. Besides JC made dying fashionable long before SJ was around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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