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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Dennis Ritchie
From:       Steffen Daode Nurpmeso <sdaoden () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2011-10-15 15:42:11
Message-ID: 20111015154211.GB287 () sherwood ! local
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To: austin-group-l@opengroup.org
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:36:26 +0200

Dennis Ritchie, one of the two fathers of UNIX, and the father of
C, has passed away today.

> via Rob Pike  -  8:02 PM  -  Public
> I just heard that, after a long illness, Dennis Ritchie (dmr)
> died at home this weekend. I have no more information.
> 
> I trust there are people here who will appreciate the reach of
> his contributions and mourn his passing appropriately.
> 
> He was a quiet and mostly private man, but he was also my
> friend, colleague, and collaborator, and the world has lost
> a truly great mind.


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