On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Bharathi Subramanian <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
