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I'm ashamed for having to google his name but for others like me here's a glimpse: "Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (born September 9, 1941; found dead October 12,
by androidb 13y ago
I'm ashamed for having to google his name but for others like me here's a glimpse:
"Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (born September 9, 1941; found dead October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist who "helped shape the digital era." He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
- jychang 13y agoYou should have seen HN when he died. It was that hell week of a bunch of early computer pioneers all passed away...
- chimeracoder 13y agoTo be honest, I don't remember much of a hullaballo when either Dennis Ritchie or John McCarthy died. There was a post or two on each event, but nothing like when Steve Jobs died (when literally the entire front page was posts about his death). (All three events were in October 2011 - Jobs, then Ritchie, then McCarthy)