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Dennis Ritchie, Creator of C Programming Language, Passed Away

Posted by samzenpus on from the code-in-peace dept.

WankerWeasel writes "The sad news of the death of another tech great has come. Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, has passed away. For those of us running Mac OS X, iOS, Android and many other non-Windows OS, we have him to thank. Many of those running Windows do too, as many of the applications you're using were written in C."

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  1. RIP by neo12 · · Score: 5, Funny

    main()
    {
        printf("Goodbye, World");
    }

    -RIP dmr

  2. Re:dmr by ericvids · · Score: 5, Funny

    He didn't just change the world, he make world.

    I thought he just said hello to it... :)

    RIP

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    Pet peeve: Profane people propagating perfunctory pedantry.
  3. Re:dmr by RivenAleem · · Score: 4, Funny

    I C what you did there.

  4. Re:Not just the apps by jejones · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but you can't blame dmr for that.

  5. Re:dmr by Canazza · · Score: 4, Funny

    he gave us more than a few pointers

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    It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for being subtle.