Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
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lotek
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Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
After all this talk about the genius of a man who sold music players with no memory extension and expensively designed computers, it's good to remember that computer genius was once measured in achievements and not money or business sense
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
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Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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Hunchback Jack
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
That's very sad. A true legend gone too soon. We owed him much.
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
Not that soon. He was 70.Hunchback Jack wrote:That's very sad. A true legend gone too soon. We owed him much.
HBJ
He really was a genius, without him we wouldn't have unix and hence, we wouldn't have linux either. I started using linux over 2 years ago and i never looked back. I'm using Ubuntu right now.
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Hunchback Jack
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
Nice!
(Although main() should have argc/argv parameters
)
Edited to add: Dude, some of us are not *that* far from 70 - and I hope to live longer than that.
HBJ
(Although main() should have argc/argv parameters
)Edited to add: Dude, some of us are not *that* far from 70 - and I hope to live longer than that.
HBJ
"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars."
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
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lotek
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
I have nothing against Jobs but it just annoys me to see him hailed a computer saint/genius when people like D. Ritchie are closer to that.
I'm not familiar enough with those languages to fully appreciate them but anything that participates in the general good is what computer science is truly about as far as I'm concerned.
Apple just brought a formatted experience to people who would not have bothered, was that a good thing ? I don't know, I don't feel concerned by iphones et ipad, but I'm interested in an OS that's free and does only what you ask it to do ^^
I'm not familiar enough with those languages to fully appreciate them but anything that participates in the general good is what computer science is truly about as far as I'm concerned.
Apple just brought a formatted experience to people who would not have bothered, was that a good thing ? I don't know, I don't feel concerned by iphones et ipad, but I'm interested in an OS that's free and does only what you ask it to do ^^
Spice is the worm's gonads.
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Hunchback Jack
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
I think they both had a huge impact, but in such different ways that it's hard to compare them. I agree that Ritchie should be more well known than he is, though.
HBJ
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"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars."
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
70 is well before the average life expectancy, so "too soon" I think still safely applies! I don't think "died young" would be appropriate though... 
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
Yeah!Hunchback Jack wrote:Edited to add: Dude, some of us are not *that* far from 70 - and I hope to live longer than that.
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lotek
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Re: Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70
I guess being married to madonna can take its toll on someon... what ?
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