Rob Pike: Dennis Ritchie has died

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Post by fogus » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:14 AM UTC

Re: Rob Pike: Dennis Ritchie has died

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Post by drallison » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:15 AM UTC

Dennis was a friend. It is very sad to learn of his passing. We are all indebted to him for his many contributions to the field.

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Post by breadbox » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:19 AM UTC

Very sad. RIP, dmr.

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Post by josephcooney » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:20 AM UTC

very sad. I love the writing style of 'The C Programming Language'

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Post by packetslave » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:20 AM UTC

Didn't know him personally, but his work has been an inspiration to me for nearly 20 years. RIP.

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Post by kiba » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:21 AM UTC

70 years. That's a long time to be alive! He was born in the middle of WW2, lived through the cold war, seen the collapse of the soviet union, etc.

Me? I was born around the time the Linux OS hatched and the internet is starting to open up.

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Post by ltamake » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:22 AM UTC

Very sad. His contributions to the world were huge. RIP.

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Post by desireco42 » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:22 AM UTC

black stripe on top of hacker news is really nice touch out of respect

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Post by Shenglong » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:24 AM UTC

Black bar, definitely deserved. Thanks pg.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 13, 2011, 1:25 AM UTC

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