Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-12-02 Thread Timo O
So many tears for Jobs, but it wouldn't without thi real genius(es). Not meantioning any non-media-whore. Den 13 okt 2011 12:23 skrev "David Coppa" : > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-11-25 Thread Thomas de Grivel
2011/11/25 Marc Espie > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 03:54:19AM +0100, Thomas de Grivel wrote: > > On 10/14/11 03:22, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo wrote: > > >Dennis Ritchie should be the patron saint of software development and > > >engineering. :) > > > > No matter how disgusting the notion of patron is

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-11-25 Thread Marc Espie
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 03:54:19AM +0100, Thomas de Grivel wrote: > On 10/14/11 03:22, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo wrote: > >Dennis Ritchie should be the patron saint of software development and > >engineering. :) > > No matter how disgusting the notion of patron is to me, I feel Ada > Lovelace would

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-11-24 Thread Thomas de Grivel
On 10/14/11 03:22, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo wrote: Dennis Ritchie should be the patron saint of software development and engineering. :) No matter how disgusting the notion of patron is to me, I feel Ada Lovelace would have to be considered too. She's not as freshly dead but is Den's father t

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-19 Thread iki tornsen
Hi all In memorium ,wear black ribbon for D.Ritchie Hope that puffy where this too for next release. Shame on that world that do not recognize true genius, their are millions! Regards Iki

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-17 Thread David Coppa
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: > Another ass-kissing idiot atheist wrote: Another coward troll hiding himself behind an anonymous remailer... Where are your balls? Man up dude. >> > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Like hell it is, heathen! > >> > Rest in Pea

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-17 Thread Anonymous Remailer (austria)
You wrote a brown nosed post. > I think No evidence of that from your post > that there are few things in this world that are held in as high esteem as > the C language. Har dee har har. C is shite. Useful maybe but still shite. > It is a privilege to be able to write it really Did you pay yo

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-16 Thread Giridhari
write it really, and now the creator of that privilege is on his way to heaven : ) -Original Message- From: Dunceor Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:56 PM To: dco...@gmail.com Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:14 PM, David Coppa wrote: Today i

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-15 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 07:58:34AM -0500, Carson Chittom wrote: > Jason McIntyre writes: > > > > > what reference are you using for this date? at least wikipedia currently > > reports that the exact date has not been disclosed. > > > > if you can give me a reliable reference, i'll commit it. or,

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-15 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
== ORIGINAL MESSAGE == To: austin-grou...@opengroup.org Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:36:26 +0200 Dennis Ritchie, one of the two fathers of UNIX, and the father of C, has passed away today. > via Rob Pike - 8:02 PM - Public > I just heard that, after a long illness, Dennis

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-15 Thread Carson Chittom
Jason McIntyre writes: > > what reference are you using for this date? at least wikipedia currently > reports that the exact date has not been disclosed. > > if you can give me a reliable reference, i'll commit it. or, please, > someone else take this. The NY Times obit[1] just says that he was

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-15 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:02:40PM +0200, Fran?ois Chambaud wrote: > > Hi misc@, > > New entry in "src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.birthday". > > $ diff -u calendar.birthday.old calendar.birthday.new > --- calendar.birthday.old Fri Oct 14 21:02:33 2011 > +++ calendar.birthday.new

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-14 Thread Steven
* Frangois Chambaud [111014 15:15]: Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:02:40 +0200 From: Frangois Chambaud To: dco...@gmail.com Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (berkeley-unix) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-m

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-14 Thread openbsd
RIP++; Dennis Ritchie was the Gott of UNIX and C language... On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:20 +0200 David Coppa wrote: > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-14 Thread François Chambaud
David Coppa writes: > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David > > > Hi misc@, New entry in "src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.birthday". $ diff -u calendar.birthday.old calendar.birthday.new --- calendar.birthday.old F

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-14 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Tito Mari Francis Esca??o [titomarifran...@gmail.com] wrote: > Dennis Ritchie should be the patron saint of software development and > engineering. :) wouldn't that be fred brooks?

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Jeremie Courreges-Anglas
> I vote for the next release artwork tributing his work some way :-) seconded

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Tito Mari Francis Escaño
Dennis Ritchie should be the patron saint of software development and engineering. :) On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:57 AM, OpenBSD Europe wrote: > On 13/10/11 11:32, Donald Reichert wrote: > >> Original-Nachricht >> >>> Datum: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:20 +0200 >>> Von: David Coppa >>>

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Carlo Borelli
2011/10/13 Benny Lofgren > On 2011-10-13 20.31, David Coppa wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:57 PM, OpenBSD Europe > wrote: > > > >> I vote for the next release artwork tributing his work some way :-) > > > > I like the idea. > > +1 > > I mean, > > i=0; i++; > i++ "Ad astra per aspera"

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Benny Lofgren
On 2011-10-13 20.31, David Coppa wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:57 PM, OpenBSD Europe > wrote: > >> I vote for the next release artwork tributing his work some way :-) > > I like the idea. +1 I mean, i=0; i++; Regards, /Benny

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread David Coppa
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:57 PM, OpenBSD Europe wrote: > I vote for the next release artwork tributing his work some way :-) I like the idea. ciao, David

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
On 13 October 2011 14:57, OpenBSD Europe wrote: > On 13/10/11 11:32, Donald Reichert wrote: >> >> Original-Nachricht >>> >>> Datum: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:20 +0200 >>> Von: David Coppa >>> An: misc@openbsd.org >>> Betreff: Dennis Ritchie >> >>> Today is a sad sad day :( >>> >>> R

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Robert Musial
Like Theo has said "The world doesn't live off jam and fancy perfumes - it lives off bread and meat and potatoes." Den was a bread guy. It's worth noting too, that Steve Jobs (deservedly) has quite the memorial going on TV and the internet. But some of his biggest innovations (OS X, NEXT, iOS) wer

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Andres Genovez
2011/10/13 David Coppa > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David > > People who change the world, unfortunately do not last forever, forever missed, but his legacy will last forever Andres. -- Atentamente Andris Genovez Tobar / T

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread OpenBSD Europe
On 13/10/11 11:32, Donald Reichert wrote: Original-Nachricht Datum: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:20 +0200 Von: David Coppa An: misc@openbsd.org Betreff: Dennis Ritchie Today is a sad sad day :( Rest in Peace. Without you, we would never be here. Cheers, David He died last week

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Johan Beisser
I pointed out that Dennis Ritchie did something we all should admire: Got to watch what he created blossom, and change the world. Remarkably, for the better. We should all be so lucky. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Stefan Midjich wrote: > So many lives touched, so many that don't even know

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Marc Smith
That's true. However, I don't think we should feel upset about it. I'm sure Mr Ritchie just wanted to contribute to the world, as many hackers of that time and he did it. This is his greatest achievement. Great people don't wait for an admiration. They just do whatever they can to make their dr

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Stefan Midjich
So many lives touched, so many that don't even know about it. That saddens me the most, that so many are using products of his achievements daily to make their lives comfortable and only a small minority know what it took to get here. 2011/10/13 Marc Smith : >> #include >> >> int main() >> { >> p

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Marc Smith
> #include > > int main() > { > printf("goodbye, dad\n"); > return 0; > } That was really touching. Rest in peace, Dennis Ritchie.

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
On 13 October 2011 07:14, David Coppa wrote: > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David > > Rest in Peace, the father of all.

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
2011/10/13 Donald Reichert : > Original-Nachricht >> Datum: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:20 +0200 >> Von: David Coppa >> An: misc@openbsd.org >> Betreff: Dennis Ritchie > >> Today is a sad sad day :( >> >> Rest in Peace. >> Without you, we would never be here. >> >> Cheers, >> David >

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Donald Reichert
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:14:20 +0200 > Von: David Coppa > An: misc@openbsd.org > Betreff: Dennis Ritchie > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David He died last weekend. RIP. #include int

Re: Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Dunceor
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:14 PM, David Coppa wrote: > Today is a sad sad day :( > > Rest in Peace. > Without you, we would never be here. > > Cheers, > David > > Actually he died already the night between 8-9 oct. Rest in Peace Dennis!