[Ilugc] RIP: Dennis Ritchie (Oct 9th 2011)
- From: gurukumara@xxxxxxxxx (Kumara Guru)
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:24:41 +0530
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Bharathi Subramanian
<bharathi.list at gmail.com> wrote:
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 - October 9, 2011) was
an American computer scientist notable for developing C and for having
influence on other programming languages, as well as operating systems
such as Multics and Unix. He received the Turing Award in 1983 and the
National Medal of Technology 1998 on April 21, 1999. Ritchie was the
head of Lucent Technologies System Software Research Department when
he retired in 2007.
I am surprised at the coverage (or the lack thereof) on this news
especially after seeing pages after pages of eulogy for Steve Jobs
even in the local media. Sure, Dennis isn't as famous but he is the
father of 'C' - a language that still is as important as ever; touches
everyday life silently -- and a key contributor to Unix
(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVQTPbD6UY) to which every modern
Operating System is indebted. As a great inventor who stood humble all
his life, he deserves a better farewell than what he is getting now.
Thank you very much Dennis, R.I.P.
Regards,
Kumaraguru
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