[sdiy] RIP: Dennis Ritchie

[Magnus Danielson]

Hi Jim,

On 11/06/2011 04:25 AM, James Elliott wrote:
> :(
>
> Dennis Ritchie died on 10/12. I'm surprised that that news has
>   not made it to this list yet. I would wager everything that I own that
> all of us on this board use and benefit from the progeny of his genius
> on a regular basis.
>
> He was a brilliant man. May he rest in peace!
>
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/obituary-0
> http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-day.html

He was also a nice and gentle man, generous with time and knowledge from 
my own experience. He took the time to answers questions from out of the 
blue.

It's definitely a loss.

However, it is a bit off topic, even if many of us hack away in C and 
UNIX/LINUX.

Cheers,
Magnus