-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Miguel,
There are a couple of well-written obituaries: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/dennis-ritchie/ http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/14/tech/innovation/dennis-ritchie-obit-bell-labs/ To acknowledge his work, you might start you list counting from 0 rather than 1 and swap the two items, because C was developed since Fortran did not match the requirements to develop an OS like UNIX. Tim On 10/18/2011 10:58 AM, Miguel Ortiz LombardÃa wrote: > Hi community, > > I have been waiting for someone more knowledgeable to write about the > passing away of Dennis Ritchie (8 October) especially after the recent > obituaries posted in the list. I confess I know little about him, except: > > 1/ He created the C language ( and together with Brian Kernighan wrote > an extremely useful book about it ) > 2/ He and Ken Thompson were key in the development of something called > UNIX... > > Undoubtedly, he made an impact in our field. > > - -- - -- Dr Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFOnUcvUxlJ7aRr7hoRAhSpAKDugWVs7GKzzwGsQM4o63TQ8FT01ACglBKO G4MkaWrHO6qSTJyrNhmlXeY= =jWbu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
