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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. Honoring the dead is not a zero-sum game by TimHunter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've been reading Slashdot long enough that I know to expect it, but still I'm saddened by the number of people using the occasion of Richie's death to take another gratuitous slam at Steve Jobs.

    Honoring the dead is not a zero-sum game. We can pay tribute to the accomplishments of both Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie without subtracting from our respect for either man.

    And if you don't like Steve Jobs, okay, but I think you show more respect for Ritchie by keeping your opinion of Jobs out of this particular discussion. This being Slashdot, there'll be plenty of opportunities for you to do that in the future.