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Dennis Ritchie, 70, Dies, Programming Trailblazer

74 points by rinesh 10y ago

justinlardinois 10y ago
Needs a (2011) in the title. He passed away five years ago today.
- userbinator 10y ago
  For a brief moment, I thought it was the other C guy.
  - justinlardinois 10y ago
    Same.
jackweirdy 10y ago
I'm sure everyone reading this is already aware that he's passed, but it would be worth putting [2011] in the title should anyone unaware of Ritchie's enormous legacy discover this and miss the date. But as an aside, it doesn't feel like 5 years, does it?
- StavrosK 10y ago
  I didn't even know he died! I am quite sad now.
- haimez 10y ago
  Steve Jobs doesn't serve as a benchmark? It doesn't, but... it does.
- indlebe 10y ago
  >I'm sure everyone reading this is already aware that he's passed apparently not... http://imgur.com/a/C5vTx http://imgur.com/a/C5vTx
  - rdl 10y ago
    Yeah, I even remember the HN discussion and black banner from then, but when someone posted it on Facebook mistakenly, I just posted it to twitter, and technically it is correct so didn't delete.
haalcion2 10y ago
R.I.P.
Huhty 10y ago
Old news???
Frogolocalypse 10y ago
I'm working on C as we speak. R.I.P. Legend.
denzell 10y ago
Unix serves as a foundation of iOS? Didn't know that!
- hprotagonist 10y ago
  the filesystem wasn't a clue? ;-)
- jitl 10y ago
  Darwin, the open-source operating system UI underneath both macOS and iOS, is based on FreeBSD and the XNU kernel, plus some NextStep stuff. And of course FreeBSD is based on BSD, which was a patch set derived from the original AT&T Unix. It's amazing that in 2016, the two major consumer computing platforms are BSD and Linux, and Windows in struggling to catch up.
  - justinlardinois 10y ago
    Depends on how you slice it. Windows still dominates the personal computer market. https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
    - hprotagonist 10y ago
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q >And you know the surest way to go broke? Keep getting an increasing share of a shrinking market.
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74 points by rinesh 10y ago

justinlardinois 10y ago

Needs a (2011) in the title. He passed away five years ago today.

userbinator 10y ago
For a brief moment, I thought it was the other C guy.
- justinlardinois 10y ago
  Same.

jackweirdy 10y ago

I'm sure everyone reading this is already aware that he's passed, but it would be worth putting [2011] in the title should anyone unaware of Ritchie's enormous legacy discover this and miss the date. But as an aside, it doesn't feel like 5 years, does it?

StavrosK 10y ago
I didn't even know he died! I am quite sad now.
haimez 10y ago
Steve Jobs doesn't serve as a benchmark? It doesn't, but... it does.
indlebe 10y ago
>I'm sure everyone reading this is already aware that he's passed apparently not... http://imgur.com/a/C5vTx http://imgur.com/a/C5vTx
- rdl 10y ago
  Yeah, I even remember the HN discussion and black banner from then, but when someone posted it on Facebook mistakenly, I just posted it to twitter, and technically it is correct so didn't delete.

haalcion2 10y ago

R.I.P.

Huhty 10y ago

Old news???

Frogolocalypse 10y ago

I'm working on C as we speak. R.I.P. Legend.

denzell 10y ago

Unix serves as a foundation of iOS? Didn't know that!

hprotagonist 10y ago
the filesystem wasn't a clue? ;-)
jitl 10y ago
Darwin, the open-source operating system UI underneath both macOS and iOS, is based on FreeBSD and the XNU kernel, plus some NextStep stuff. And of course FreeBSD is based on BSD, which was a patch set derived from the original AT&T Unix. It's amazing that in 2016, the two major consumer computing platforms are BSD and Linux, and Windows in struggling to catch up.
- justinlardinois 10y ago
  Depends on how you slice it. Windows still dominates the personal computer market. https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
  - hprotagonist 10y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62kxPyNZF3Q >And you know the surest way to go broke? Keep getting an increasing share of a shrinking market.

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