I'm not sure how the fact that Dennis Ritchie (the R in K&R, inventors of C) made a one-line response makes this the "Best Usenet post ever". I don't mean to be

I'm not sure how the fact that Dennis Ritchie (the R in K&R, inventors of C) made a one-line response makes this the "Best Usenet post ever". I don't mean to be negative or anything, but let's not go overboard here. This post is of mild interest and possibly a tiny little bit amusing to a small cross-section of geeks. It's hardly the "Best X ever".