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Dennis Ritchie passed awayI have just learned that Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011) has passed away. His contributions changed the computing world. As everyone here knows, dmr developed C, and with Brian Kernighan co-authored K&R, a book that served many of us in school and in our professional lives and remains a classic text in the field, if only for its style and elegance. He was also one of the central figures behind UNIX. Major programming languages, notably C++ and Java, are descendants of Ritchie's work; many other programming languages in use today show traces of his influences. Update Bjarne Stroustrup puts the C revolution in perspective: They said it couldn’t be done, and he did it. |
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