Yesterday, a veritable icon of the computing age passed away. Dennis Ritchie, the father of C and Unix, AKA the guy who ALL this modern day computing possible, built the tools and forged the area of computer science from an academic curiosity into a practical industry through his wisdom and accomplishments.
REF: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/201...s-ritchie/
REF: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/13/...assed-away
Without Ritchie, Steve Jobs would've been designing shoes and showing off his newest dress, not dictating his vision for the next consumer computing appliance.
Without Ritchie, Bill Gates wouldn't even have Windows, let alone any computer OS.
Without Ritchie, every computer that we look at and rely on, would not be here.
His work started an era that has not let up.
Dennis -- with gratitude, I thank you for you work. Rest in Peace.
exit(0);
REF: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/201...s-ritchie/
REF: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/13/...assed-away
Without Ritchie, Steve Jobs would've been designing shoes and showing off his newest dress, not dictating his vision for the next consumer computing appliance.
Without Ritchie, Bill Gates wouldn't even have Windows, let alone any computer OS.
Without Ritchie, every computer that we look at and rely on, would not be here.
His work started an era that has not let up.
Dennis -- with gratitude, I thank you for you work. Rest in Peace.
exit(0);
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
