RIP Dennis Ritchie 1941-2011

[Pheran]

RIP.

Looks like he's now out of scope. Wonder if he can be spawned as a new process.

I think the new process may have been Linus Torvalds.

 

[Pheran]

Ars has an article up now.

 

[ultimatebob]

Steve Jobs, Dennis Ritchie, and .......... (since they come in threes).

Looks like Robert Galvin, former CEO of Motorola.

 

[Blitzvogel]

I feel quite ashamed for not knowing of him before now.

*Feels stupid*

Here was a man who really will live on by his work.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

It's the way the world works.

It's sad to see C's creator die, but he probably stole as much as Jobs did (or anyone else in the field).

stole it from who, you ignoramus? the b programming language?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Goodbye World!

 

[Modelworks]

free(Dennis);

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Goodbye World!

haha that's good

 

[BrokenVisage]

haha that's good

I swear I didn't see it used in the OP before typing it lol

 

[The Boston Dangler]

I swear I didn't see it used in the OP before typing it lol

makes 2 of us

 

[Pheran]

stole it from who, you ignoramus? the b programming language?

Well, yes, actually, since C is descended from B which is descended from BCPL.

That doesn't mean he "stole" anything though.

 

[lxskllr]

Good developers of anything always steal what what they can. Reinventing the wheel just so it's "all yours" is stupid, and counterproductive.

 

[SSSnail]

RIP. I, for one, also admire his genius.

 

[Triumph]

i wonder if the enterprise still runs on programming based on some features of C.