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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Dennis Ritchie
From:       Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow () genestate ! com>
Date:       2011-10-15 12:31:58
Message-ID: 4E997D3E.5050109 () genestate ! com
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On 15/10/2011 13:26, Matt Harrison wrote:
> On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote:
>>
>> hello boys [1],
>>
>> i know i don't participate much on this list, but this does not mean that
>> i don't try to follow most of the threads (not all of them, i admit).
>>
>> i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent
>> death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the
>> development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but
>> affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow compensate
>> for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by dedicating some time
>> to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude.
> 
> I agree,
> 
> I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks
> here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on
> both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that "Richie might have
> helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful".
> 
> I swear I'm dealing with a bunch of cretins here :P
> 

I think I might have understated his part in C, sorry. Trying to do too
many things at once :(


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