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Just found out through boing boing.

http://boingboing.net/2011/10/12/den...-inventor.html

For those of you who don't know who he was : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie
 
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:-(

He truly was one of the greats. Almost everything in modern computing is built on top of the work he did 4 decades ago.
 
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The C Programming Language is a must for every person planning to write a programming related book. So simple, not too long, but still comprehensive. Hard to find as good books nowdays.

I'll indent my Java K&R style today...
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Rip

g++ c--
 
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There was an innovator who really did change the world... for the better.
 
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R.I.P. Dennis
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printf("Goodbye world.\n");
 
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WTF I hate all you guys.
Dennis [The Legend] Ritchie dies and there is only 6 comments, while Steve [Head] Jobs dies and gets 13 pages!!!
 
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lol @ printf("Goodbye world.\n");
RIP!!!!!!!!!
The C Programming Language, keep losing it and finding it
 
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RIP Dennis
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