RIP Dennis Ritchie, Creator of the C Language & UNIX

[andz]

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RIP Dennis Ritchie, Creator of the C Language & UNIX



Isaac Newton once said he stood on the shoulders of giants. Dennis Ritchie was a giant whose shoulders people like Steve Jobs stood on.

Dennis Ritchie, Creator of the C Programming Language & UNIX is dead at age 70.....all programmers owe him a moment of silence!

Pioneer of Computing Dead...

*Dennis Ritchie has graduated from Harvard University with degrees in physics and applied mathematics and has started began working at the Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research Center and received a Ph.D. from Harvard.
*He is the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, and as co-author of the definitive book on C, The C Programming Language
* He is one of the pioneers of modern computing. The C language is still widely used today in application and operating system development


You don't know him ? He is the Father of C, without him Operating Systems(Windows, Apple) wouldn't be here, Games, Programs, Apps on your Apple, Android, wouldn't exist. Most people call him the Father of Computer Science, He has so many achievements..

Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011). His pointer has been cast to void *; his process has terminated with exit code 0.

Wiki: Dennis Ritchie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sad news https://plus.google.com/u/0/10196072...EDDYfvKP?hl=en

[tokidoki_v2.0]

i think his exit code is not 0 because he died because he was sick right? i would equate an exit code of 0 if died of natural causes.

in any case, october 2 of our greatest IT pioneers this year.

[butitoy]

a contemplating year for geeks | enthusiasts ..

steve jobs | Dennis Ritchie | AMD Fx fizz...


even legends need to rest..


REST in PEACE sires!

thank you for pioneering the future!

[jangska]

hinay2 nag kawagtang ang mga visionary sa it industry. RIP to him.

[istoryamember]

Rest In Peace!

[andz]

i think his exit code is not 0 because he died because he was sick right? i would equate an exit code of 0 if died of natural causes.

in any case, october 2 of our greatest IT pioneers this year.

he had a long illness

https://plus.google.com/u/0/10196072...EDDYfvKP?hl=en

He didn't develop yahoo, it was a mistake.. and no he is not the father of computer science, but most people say he is. ~~ still sad.

[andz]

double post, please delete.. accident

[peewee_toot]

gi hinay2x na mn ni sila og kuha oi. maytag naay mas ngilngig nga mo puli...

[ta3]

I think nag upgrade ang langit rn.
Steve Jobs giuna para sa hardware then Dennis for the OS.


Kidding aside:
RIP Sir Dennis Richie. Thanks for the "C".

[higanstolsdawen]

basin sunod ane si bill gates of microsoft or larry ellison of oracle, lol. for most it professional murag dili man kaayo ne familiar si dennis ritchie kay usually kung origin sa unix ang imention pirme kay ang AT&T ug school nga Berkeley.