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Osayidan wrote on 2011-10-14 16:29
Dennis Ritchie invented C, the computer-programming language that underlies Microsoft Windows, the Unix operating system and much of the other software running on computers around the world.
Mr. Ritchie was a longtime research scientist at Bell Labs, originally AT&T's research division. Bell Labs announced that he died at age 70 last weekend.
Working there in the late 1960s with another programmer, Ken Thompson, Mr. Ritchie developed C while Mr. Thompson developed the original version of Unix, which is the foundation for the operating software of many mainframe computers, Web servers and Apple Macintoshes. Mr. Ritchie also made contributions to Unix.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204774604576629354123067080.html
Don't like how the death of steve jobs is eclipsing this guy, so making a thread.
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2011-10-14 16:34
Seems like lots of computer related people have been dying recently.
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psyal wrote on 2011-10-14 17:02
Hope he enjoyed his life.
Thanks for the C, we like it. I think.
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Zid wrote on 2011-10-14 17:22
C programming is just about everything that is an Operating System, my friend. Including Apple's.
I have great respects for Ritchie. Brilliant for his revolutionary works on birthing the concept of software, which defines a computer.
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Zid wrote on 2011-10-14 17:22
C programming is just about everything that is an Operating System, my friend. Including Apple's.
I have great respects for Ritchie. Brilliant for his revolutionary works on birthing the concept of software, which defines a computer.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-10-14 17:35
I know how you feel. I felt gross every time I've seen someone write how Steve Jobs and Apple revolutionized technology or whatever. =_= They hardly invented anything. Especially when compared to organizations such as Bell Labs.
RIP, l33t d00d.
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Nyo wrote on 2011-10-14 19:26
So long and thanks for all the C.
Much more human-readable and portable than assembly.
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Sayoko wrote on 2011-10-17 00:48
Quote from RicochetOrange;620170:
Seems like lots of computer related people have been dying recently.
=( sad week for computer celebrities
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2011-10-17 14:39
He also contributed a lot to UNIX as well.
Apple would not have nearly been this advanced as it is now without him.
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Hiccup wrote on 2011-10-17 16:04
Ouch. RIP you have successfully changed the world~
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Taycat wrote on 2011-10-17 18:41
I feel more sad that this man died than Steve Jobs.
May Ritchie rest in peace.
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Froglord wrote on 2011-10-19 01:03
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Goodbye c-man. =(