RIP Dennis Ritchie

[Batutta]

This is as big a deal as Steve Jobs dying, maybe more so depending on your point of view. He invented the C programming language, which is responsible for just about everything.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect/

 

[Terry_Lasater]

RIP, Mr. Ritchie.

 

[Kegan]

The world's geniuses are slowly leaving us. Sad times.

Kegan

 

[John Morrison]

The old guard is leaving the city. Humble man as well.

 

[Hawk Teflon]

"Back in the day" I programmed in Pascal, C++, Java, etc ...

 

[groveChuck]

“Jobs was the king of the visible, and Ritchie is the king of what is largely invisible,” says Martin Rinard, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Jobs’ genius is that he builds these products that people really like to use because he has taste and can build things that people really find compelling. Ritchie built things that technologists were able to use to build core infrastructure that people don’t necessarily see much anymore, but they use everyday.”

Well said.