Dennis Ritchie, inventor of Hello World, dies at 70
The news said that Dennis Ritchie died after a long unspecified illness. His lesser known inventions include the C programming language and Unix.
Hopefully a bit of levity isn't to inappropriate. He was a giant in the field and the C programming language was one of the more influential inventions of information technology.
Hopefully a bit of levity isn't to inappropriate. He was a giant in the field and the C programming language was one of the more influential inventions of information technology.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/12/2451628/robert-galvin-motorolas-cellphone.html
So, my Nokia N900, which runs Linux (a Unix clone), with applications mostly written in C, and is a mobile phone, combines the effort of those two guys.
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RIP Dennis Ritchie
In a world where technology rolls over faster than a dog with fleas, how many people could still have a book written over 30 years ago (The C Programming Language) not only as a standard text for C programming, but as a "must read" for all serious computer students and professionals even if they don't program in C.
They used to say that in a big city you are never more than one metre from a rat. Well, in the modern world you are probably never more than one metre from a device either programmed with or actually executing software originally developed by Dennis Ritchie.
Ross.