Dennis Rithchie, creator of C, dies at 70

[NiX]

Inventor of the C language and co-inventor of UNIX died at age 70.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie

RIP

[Sforza]

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.

[NiX]

Hahah yup. The world values flair and controversy over true accomplishment.

[Grim]

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.

[Sforza]

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.

[atdsutm]

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

[NiX]

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.

[Serene]

70. Well at least it's of old age. I wonder who's gonna change the world after them.