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October 13th, 2011, 04:52
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Dennis Ritchie (September 9, 1941 - October 9, 2011)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/10196072...EDDYfvKP?hl=en
Update: It was initially reported that he passed away on October 9th, but most sources now report it was actually on the 8th. Last edited by jrm; October 14th, 2011 at 21:35. Reason: Update 
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October 13th, 2011, 06:09
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I meet Dennis once, maybe talked to him about 5 minutes. But he left a lasting impression on me about his love for simplicity and UNIX. Another one of my hero's is dead. My deepest condolences go out to his family and to the UNIX community.
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October 13th, 2011, 07:02
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First very iSad day, now this ... RIP.
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October 13th, 2011, 07:21
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RIP Dennis, your legacy is immense and indisputable.
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October 13th, 2011, 07:47
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Has anyone confirmed it? I don't like jumping to conclusions after a single Google+ post by someone.
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October 13th, 2011, 07:49
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Not the worlds most reliable source but his wikipedia page has been updated too.
Another sad day...
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October 13th, 2011, 08:06
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It's amazing how the ideas of a single man can change the entire world.
Without your work, non of us would be here in this forum today. We really miss you, Dennis.
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O quam contempta res est homo, nisi supra humana surrexerit. (Seneca)
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October 13th, 2011, 11:58
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At only age 70. Like Jobs, too young.
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October 13th, 2011, 12:59
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Quote:
Here's a video on youtube with Penn & Teller meeting Rob Pike & Dennis Ritchie. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...64509630913668
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October 13th, 2011, 14:00
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Very sad indeed. RIP Dennis Ritchie.
2011 (27th) Japan Prize; Dr. Ritchie / Dr. Thompson Thank to Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson for their great work. [Edit] I also support a release dedicated to dmr. Last edited by Nukama; October 21st, 2011 at 12:45.
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October 13th, 2011, 14:43
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I am staring at The C Programming Language book with too many emotions now. R.I.P Dennis M. Ritchie
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October 13th, 2011, 21:25
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Code:
main()
{
printf("goodbye, world\n");
}
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I don't work here.... either. SHUT UP AND HACK! dev=null=->( awk, *sh, &vi){ lambda{ |ruby, *bsd| ruby+bsd }.curry }.(/:(){ :|:& };:/).([' 3< r0x4h'.reverse!, `echo $(ruby -v) $(uname -s) | awk '{print $7"+"$1}'`.upcase]); printf "\n"*(2*3*6); 42.times {|null| printf( dev[ null[ null[ null]]]) } http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-January/061078.html
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October 14th, 2011, 01:53
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My commit in honour of Ritchie:
http://code.google.com/p/operapass/source/list Somehow this seemed the appropriate thing to do ...
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October 14th, 2011, 02:40
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It is sad to have found this out a couple of days later than when it really happened. Since learning how to program in 2005, C was the first language I learned and where I credit my grown interest in the discipline. I am not really that well versed with C as I took the jump to object oriented programming quite immediately though I have done some projects with C as well.
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October 14th, 2011, 03:32
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October 14th, 2011, 12:53
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Don't be sad, the people who he would have wanted to be remembered by are remembering. I'm sure he would have not wanted to be remembered by people who had no real understanding of what he did for our industry/hobby/passion.
R.I.P
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October 14th, 2011, 20:26
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I don't work here.... either. SHUT UP AND HACK! dev=null=->( awk, *sh, &vi){ lambda{ |ruby, *bsd| ruby+bsd }.curry }.(/:(){ :|:& };:/).([' 3< r0x4h'.reverse!, `echo $(ruby -v) $(uname -s) | awk '{print $7"+"$1}'`.upcase]); printf "\n"*(2*3*6); 42.times {|null| printf( dev[ null[ null[ null]]]) } http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-January/061078.html
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October 14th, 2011, 21:01
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