Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Dennis Ritchie has died. "Who was he?", I hear you ask. He was a key architect of the C programming language (40 years old, which is an eternity in the world of high-tech, and still used for a great many performance-critical applications). He was also a key player in the development of the UNIX operating system, which still runs a great many systems today. Its better-known modern variants include Linux, Android, and Apple's iOS and OS X and their successors. And most of us couldn't live without our smartphones. He's probably had more impact on our lives than Steve Jobs; but since what he worked on was the unglamorous guts of the machine rather than the bit you can see and touch, he'll never get the public recognition he deserves. But he probably wouldn't really have wanted it; like most people of his caliber, what really mattered to him was the respect of his peers rather than public adulation. #include <eulogy.h> 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Code Blue 3585 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 Dennis Ritchie has died. "Who was he?", ........like most people of his caliber, what really mattered to him was the respect of his peers rather than public adulation. Great post: The respect of one's peers carries a value greater than money. Thanks CB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwertyaccount 15793 Report post Posted October 14, 2011 void Reply() { char szMessage[] = " Thanks for posting! I learned how to program in C with Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan book "The C Programming Language" way back when. Phaedrus is right, he had/has a huge impact on our lives everyday, and will for the foreseeable future. Not only is the C language (and it's superset C++) used to write all the operating systems for every platform be it PC, Mac, or whatever, but it is used for virtually every cell phone as well. The languages are also used in the controllers the run your cars, your watches, TV, microwave, dishwasher, and almost anything that has a micro-controller in it."; } 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliasUndies 7288 Report post Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) Sorry to be the bummer here but it had to be said http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m529/chavallz1/298356_10150847376055543_774495542_21062764_1731942376_n.jpg It's true , this wasn't called for..I just couldn't help it. Edited October 15, 2011 by JuliasUndies 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
