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Another Computer Legend Lost

Started by RussCarroll, 10/13/2011 03:49PM
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/father-of-c-and-unix-dennis-ritchie-passes-away-at-age-70/

He is the technology counterpart to Steve Jobs. A very tough week for the computer industry.

I briefly worked with Dennis at Bell Labs on a supercomputer project back in the late 80's. He was a very nice guy.
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I guess this news got lost in the Steve Jobs media frenzy.

I remember my constant companion back in the day, my programming bible: The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie.

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