title: R.I.P., Dr. Ritchie link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/r-i-p-dr-ritchie/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 1290 created: 2011/10/14 00:07:36 created_gmt: 2011/10/14 04:07:36 comment_status: closed post_name: r-i-p-dr-ritchie status: publish post_type: post

R.I.P., Dr. Ritchie

Dennis Ritchie, "the father of C and Unix" has died. The cited piece by Laura Sydell on NPR did a nice job of explaining how important Dennis was to, well, the world. There's another obit over on CNN entitled, Dennis Ritchie: The shoulders of giants. Two Ritchie quotes lifted from the Wikipedia article on him: "UNIX is very simple, it just needs a genius to understand its simplicity." "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." Rest in Peace, Dr. Ritchie.

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