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Dennis Ritchie

Started by I accept the terms of the, October 14, 2011, 01:58:37 PM

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I accept the terms of the

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

This man died a week ago and I only just found out about it. Drowned out by Steve Jobs. Sad.

Everything you use today is based on the work he did 50 years ago.

I accept the terms of the

I've realised that I've only just heard about this because it has only just been announced.

Silly me.

Ignatius_S

Yeah, the news was only first announced via a blog post on Wednesday evening, which led to a flurry of articles... no Google tribute though! As you say, his work had (or rather has) such a far-reaching effect.