RIP Dennis Ritchie

[NickFitz]

Co-creator of Unix, co-inventor of the C programming language; Tim Bray's eulogy pretty much sums it up

[Doggy Styles]

They could try /sbin/shutdown -r

[doodab]

A little sad that his passing won't receive nearly the same amount of coverage in the mainstream press as Mr Jobs.

[Zippy]

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("RIP Dennis\n");
    return 0;
}

[Churchill]

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("RIP Dennis\n");
    return 0;
}

What about argc, argv and envp?

[PAH]

I initially thought it said Denise Richards, and wondered if she'd overdosed on Charlie.

[doodab]

BBC News - Unix creator Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70

He made the front page of the bbc website. I wonder what proportion of people know who he is.

[petergriffin]

He made the front page of the bbc website. I wonder what proportion of people know what Unix is.

I guess this is also the end of Plan 9?

[Zippy]

What about argc, argv and envp?

pedant!

[mudskipper]

Still got my trusty copy of Kernighan and Ritchie.