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Dennis Rithchie, creator of C, dies at 70 - NiX - 10-13-2011
Inventor of the C language and co-inventor of UNIX died at age 70.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
RIP
RE: Teh interesting tech news stub thread - Sforza - 10-13-2011
(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.
RE: Teh interesting tech news stub thread - NiX - 10-13-2011
Hahah yup. The world values flair and controversy over true accomplishment.
RE: Teh interesting tech news stub thread - Grim - 10-13-2011
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.
RE: Teh interesting tech news stub thread - Sforza - 10-13-2011
(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.
RE: Teh interesting tech news stub thread - atdsutm - 10-14-2011
(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
RE: Dennis Rithchie, creator of C, dies at 70 - NiX - 10-14-2011
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.
RE: Dennis Rithchie, creator of C, dies at 70 - Serene - 10-14-2011
70. Well at least it's of old age. I wonder who's gonna change the world after them.