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Excerpts from Lorenzo Sutton's message of 2011-10-13 11:23:28 +0200:

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> It seems Dennis Ritchie [1] passed away last week end.

> He was the inventor of the C programming language and core developer of

> UNIX.

>

> I guess we are all relying in some way or another on this man's research

> and inventions in our 'contemporary computer lives'.

>

> Lorenzo.

>

> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie

I just read it as well. I guess everyone has to go sometime, but it

always hurts more if you build on the persons work.

For me "The C Programming Language" is one of the best books I ever

read because of its clear style and lack of redundancy. I don't know

whether this was primarily his or Brian Kernighans doing.

I guess he really was one of the most influential computer scientists.
May he rest in peace
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