Dennis Ritchie, Father of C and Co-Developer of Unix, Dies

[RickJ]

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/dennis-ritchie/

C, The gift that keeps on giving, thanks Dennis ...

[Wonkyth]

Goodbye, Ritchie.
Forever we shall remember you through the use of the open systems you helped bring about.

[TomatoesInTheHead]

The Internet Storm Center had a nice post dedicated to him, with this:

Code: ags

#include <stdio.h>

int main () {

   printf("goodbye, dmr. RIP.\n");

}

I have to say I didn't know anything about him, but I still found it touching when I read it.

[RickJ]

I'm not much of a poet but here is my version of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now".  

For Dennis ...  


I Can C Clearly Now

I can C clearly now, Fortran is gone,
I can C all procedures in my way
Gone are the gotos and spaghetti code
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can code it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the function I've been prayin?for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there's nothin?but easy codes
Look straight ahead, nothin?but easy codes

I can C clearly now, Fortran is gone,
I can C all procedures in my way
Gone are the gotos and spaghetti code
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

[poc301]

We'll miss him.

I still have a copy of the old "The C Programming Language" by Kerninghan & Ritchie sitting right here on my desk amongst all my other coding reference material.  Many years old, but a classic.

-Bill

[Wyz]

We owe so much to this guy. By developing C he revolutionized the way we code. Modern programming languages may have diluted the brilliance of C a bit, but still use a lot of principles it sprung life to. Also he had a great deal to do with Unix, and invented a lot of mechanism that are happily used today by a great number of operating systems. Yes, he will be missed!