Dennis Ritchie

[Del Lardo]

Not a good couple of weeks for tech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15287391

Unix & C, not a cool as an iPod but a hell of a lot more influential.


/* For Dennis Ritchie */
#include <stdio.h>
main () {
printf("Goodbye world.\n");
};

[Mark]

Dennis Ritchie would have undoubtedly told you that your code contains a syntax error.

RIP. :(

[Del Lardo]

That would explain why I ended up in Sales ;D

[Haly]

Shame. No age to go :(

Also a shame by the lack of coverage in the mainstream press. Predictable though.

[Garp]

Coverage is starting, the obits are suitably verbose, but it's still negligible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/technology/dennis-ritchie-programming-trailblazer-dies-at-70.html