Purely speculatively... Richie was probably... - a happier person - had a better family life - didn't live in a dumpster - he lived 14 years longer. - didn't care for glory, and just had fun inventing things
Not a bad life for him I'd guess. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think we should he's done more in a life time than I will likely do, so > that has to count for something... the cure for cancer could have been > written in a language based on C as a source inspiration butterfly effect > thinking :) > > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> Should we really be so grateful for Richie's contributions of C and Unix? >> Well, I suppose C wasn't so bad in that was "structured assembler" and made >> programming more general and popular, but I think I wrote more bugs and had >> more null pointer and corrupted memory crashes in C code than I ever had in >> 10 years of assembler coding. Thank heavens C has been relegated to its >> rightful place these days of writing system software and not applications. >> Unix (and Linux and all the other flavours) eventually grew up, but it took >> a while before they had friendly shells and were usable by mere mortals or >> non specialists. Who ever worked in old times at the Unix command prompt >> running gcc and then had to scroll through the output piped into a text >> file? Who ever spent 3 hours trying to get the floppy drive recognised by a >> fresh install in a 386. Who ever managed to get Unix to install at all? -- >> Greg >> >> >> On 25 September 2013 14:53, <anthonyatsmall...@mail.com> wrote: >> >>> Totally agree with you Scott…I’m never impressed and\or inspired by >>> people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs..sure they maybe smart people and >>> great leaders BUT so are many other that do not have the wealth like >>> them. I have learnt that some businesses can make a lot of money even >>> though the poeple involved may not be the reason for its success. For >>> example, petrol..do you think the bosses of these companies are great >>> people? Petrol sells itself! **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> We are all hypnotised by wealth and glamour….so it Google introduced a >>> new type of pen..i’m sure they would sell many, even if it was not >>> innovative or useful.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Anthony**** >>> >>> Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others!**** >>> >>> http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ >>> **** >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> NOTICE : The information contained in this electronic mail message is >>> privileged and confidential, and is intended only for use of the addressee. >>> If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any >>> disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication >>> is strictly prohibited. >>> If you have received this communication in error, please notify the >>> sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or >>> disclosing it. (*13POrtC*) >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 September 2013 1:02 PM >>> *To:* ozDotNet >>> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Your "hero" - Steve Jobs or Dennis Ritchie?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Slippery slope and objection leading the witness. On one hand yes you >>> have a guy who creates the foundation and on the other hand you have a guy >>> who could hire the right people to do the jobs he wanted to make happen. I >>> think it's not a Zero Sum response but in reality do you celebrate the >>> person who made the pencil or do you celebrate the person who used the >>> pencil to write the first letter.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> In truth the world gives way to much credit for Steve Jobs. I mean he >>> appears to have been a smart executive / leader but i look at the iPhone >>> and don't think "Steve made that" ...i think "Jonathan Ive designed that". >>> I look at Windows and don't think "Bill Gates made that.." I look at the >>> entire Windows team and think "they made that..."**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Today's history is governed by a really good PR team :)**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> --- >>> Regards, >>> Scott Barnes >>> http://www.riagenic.com**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> This is really OT, and has probably been circulating for a while – but >>> what the hell?**** >>> >>> Also, I like it; it reinforces my irrational distaste for all things >>> Apple. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Ian Thomas >>> Victoria Park, Western Australia**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> >> >
