Dennis Ritchie RIP

[parancibia]

"Via Rob Pike":https://plus.google.com/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP I learn that Dennis Ritchie has passed away. :(

[goetz]

Another big player in computer science has left us. What a sad two weeks this are.

It's non-exaggerated that without him and his C language, there would not be a Qt DevNet and we can talk together here.

May he rest in peace.

[mlong]

There's a nice writeup about him on Ars Technica "here.":http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-the-giant-whose-shoulders-we-stand-on.ars

Truly a great loss. The amount of today's commonplace technology (which we take for granted) that has been built on the foundation of his work is mind boggling.

[fluca1978]

He really changed the computer science world.
RIP