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Dennis Ritchie, Digital Era Trailblazer, Dies at 70 (Designer of the C Programming Language/UNIX)
New York Times ^
| 10/13/2011
| Steve Lohr
Posted on 10/14/2011 1:59:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To none techies, they might ask --- Dennis Who??
But to us technology people, especially those who developed in the C programming language under UNIX (which evolved into C++ and Object Oriented Programming), He was a pioneer as significant as Steve Jobs.
RIP Dennis and thank you for many years of helping to put bread on my table.
To: SeekAndFind
![](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/10/14/business/RITCHIE-obit/RITCHIE-obit-articleInline.jpg)
Dennis Ritchie received the 2011 Japan Prize in May.
To: SeekAndFind
This book is still on my shelf.
To: SeekAndFind
RIP Dennis and thank you for many years of helping to put bread on my table.
BTTT! Dennis' programming language gave me my first real boost in annual income!
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posted on
10/14/2011 2:03:41 PM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Hey, I still have that same exact manual on my desk too.
It’s old, but I could never bring myself to disposing of it.
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posted on
10/14/2011 2:18:24 PM PDT
by
adorno
(<)
To: SeekAndFind
C:\DOS
C:\DOS\RUN
RUN\DOS\RUN
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posted on
10/14/2011 2:20:20 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: SeekAndFind
I have one of the original versions and the second edition and “Unix Programmers Manual.”
The best part about his books and the language in general was how easy it was to learn and use! All of my programming was self-taught through his books and a few other books which came later!
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posted on
10/14/2011 2:22:27 PM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
To: SeekAndFind
Look at my tag on FR.
It is a DIRECT result of this man, that I first found gainful employment after graduating from the beloved University of Texas
I figure, without C and C++ and C# and Java (all languages that I have/am worked/working in, I would not have a job
God Bless you my good Sir! Vaya con Dios!
To: SeekAndFind
I wish he'd used the ~ instead of the * for the dereference operator, but other than that it's pretty good.
Only kidding.
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posted on
10/14/2011 2:34:44 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: GraceG
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posted on
10/14/2011 2:53:32 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Steely Tom
> I wish he’d used the ~ instead of the * for the dereference > operator, but other than that it’s pretty good.
>
> Only kidding.
Hope so!
~ is the bitwise NOT unary operator.
To: Westbrook
~ is the bitwise NOT unary operator. Whoa! Thanks for the great hint!
All these years, I've been subtracting from -1!
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posted on
10/14/2011 3:03:12 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: SeekAndFind
#include main() { printf("RIP Dennis"\n); }
To: SeekAndFind
Maybe that book was better than the Waite Group book on C.
That book is on my very short list of horrid books in general as well as “texts”.
My teacher didn’t help that much; I couldn’t get my mind around it all. As a result, I hate C, and probably still would even with a good book.
Anyway, off the soapbox, and RIP Mr. Ritchie.
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posted on
10/14/2011 3:08:03 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: SeekAndFind
grep in peace Dennis
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posted on
10/14/2011 3:19:37 PM PDT
by
skully
(I don't need no steenking tagline!!)
To: AFreeBird
I don't know what you are #including, but surely for it to work it has to at least be : #include :)
To: SeekAndFind
While learning several ‘flavors’ of unix, I think I cursed him a bit. But now with many years under my belt, I'm glad he did what he did. Thanks Dennis, and I'll forgive you for all those sleepless nights.
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posted on
10/14/2011 3:32:54 PM PDT
by
Traveler59
( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: SeekAndFind
Make that #include stdio (with angle brackets). :)
To: SeekAndFind
Unix operating system is violent, to wit: Good parents always kill off their children before they die to stop them from becoming zombies.
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posted on
10/14/2011 3:40:03 PM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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