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 Thursday, October 13, 2011
Rest In Peace, Mr Ritchie

As so many of you know by now, Dennis Ritchie passed away yesterday. For so many of you, he needs no introduction or explanation. But sometimes my family reads this blog, and it is a fact that while they know who Steve Jobs was, they have no idea who Dennis Ritchie was or why so many geeks mourn his passing.

And that is sad to me.

I don’t feel up to the task of eulogizing a man of Ritchie’s accomplishments properly right now; in fact, I don’t know that I ever will. But let it be said right now: in the end, though his contributions were far less recognized, it was Ritchie that provided the greater contribution to our world than Jobs did. IMHO.


Friday, October 14, 2011 12:02:41 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Hmmm. These are modern times indeed, when we can have 'comparative' (I'd almost say competitive) eulogies as well. That said, Ritchie was obviously very important to the field of software development, so I _do_ agre :)
Seth
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:23:55 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Sad but true.
Michal
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:19:50 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
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