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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Dennis Ritchie, Creator Of Web Programming Language Dead At 70

Posted by Unknown on 4:07 PM


Death happens, we just don’t like it when it does, we wish an eternal Rest for the father of C Programming and Unix, which is what most of the Web is built on.

A Google Engineer, Bob Pike, confirmed from his G+ account that Mr. Ritchie had indeed passed away from a long time ‘unknown’ illness.
Ritchie started at Bell Labs back 1967, had a PHD from Harvard, and in ’69 him and other colleagues created Unix, which became the ground work for Programming C, which Most Web Programming Language is built on today! He went on to get several Honors and awards throughout he 80′s & 90′s, and has a Book called “The C Programming Language”.

"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."

Pike left some Very Nice Words for his Friend & Co-Worker:


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