[nycbug-talk] Dennis Ritchie has passed

[Brian Cully]

On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:44 PM, George Rosamond wrote:

> On 10/12/11 23:32, Siraaj Khandkar wrote:
>> On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:23 PM, Steven Kreuzer wrote:
>> 
>>>> From Rob Pike: https://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en
>>> 
>>> "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success."
>>> - Dennis Ritchie, on The Development of the C Language
>> 
>> :(
> 
> And still not on Slashdot. . .
> 
> My guess is they'll file under some odd category and say he founded Linux.

	I'm really broken up by this. He was a huge figure, even though no one knew who he was. We all owe our livelihoods to him. This is terrible news.

-bjc