10-13-2011, 11:56 AM
10-13-2011, 01:56 PM
(10-13-2011, 11:56 AM)NiX Wrote: [ -> ]Inventor of the C language and co-inventor of UNIX died at age 70.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
RIP
RIP
His achievements are so much more important than Steve Jobs' but it's really SAD that there's almost no recognition for this in mainstream media.
Actually, I think I can say with certainty that what Steve Jobs did was to build on what this man started, and to market it to the commons.
10-13-2011, 02:06 PM
Hahah yup. The world values flair and controversy over true accomplishment.
10-13-2011, 02:35 PM
RIP dmr.
I hate C, but I can definitely appreciate how its low, almost-assembly-language level capabilities opened up the opportunity for a lot of other fourth-generation programming languages to arise. Also, I wonder how different it would have turned out without UNIX in the 70s.
Ang daming namamatay na tech pioneers.
I hate C, but I can definitely appreciate how its low, almost-assembly-language level capabilities opened up the opportunity for a lot of other fourth-generation programming languages to arise. Also, I wonder how different it would have turned out without UNIX in the 70s.
Ang daming namamatay na tech pioneers.
10-13-2011, 05:03 PM
(10-13-2011, 02:35 PM)Grim Wrote: [ -> ]Ang daming namamatay na tech pioneers.
I hope James Gosling stays healthy
He was very nearly killed at the freak airshow crash in Nevada last month, the plane crashed less than 50 feet away from him.
10-14-2011, 10:26 AM
(10-13-2011, 11:56 AM)NiX Wrote: [ -> ]Inventor of the C language and co-inventor of UNIX died at age 70.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
RIP
funny that he doesnt get his own topic
10-14-2011, 10:43 AM
There. Another dead guy with his own topic. Topics get their own threads based on their potential to generate replies. I didn't think anyone would even bother to reply.
No need to be a smart ass all the time, Andrew. It doesn't do anyone any good. And it most especially doesn't do you any good.
No need to be a smart ass all the time, Andrew. It doesn't do anyone any good. And it most especially doesn't do you any good.
10-14-2011, 11:26 AM
70. Well at least it's of old age. I wonder who's gonna change the world after them.