I found the article to be quite informative and, why not, just. Readers that are not acquainted with hacker culture will be able to know who Dennis Ritchie was

I found the article to be quite informative and, why not, just. Readers that are not acquainted with hacker culture will be able to know who Dennis Ritchie was and comprehend his importance after reading it. Moreover, it is not one piece of the 'sad elitism' that took place after the news about dmr arrived. I saw some dozens of comments splattered over different places following the line 'you must definitely know who he was,' accompanied by some generic complaint about unfair coverage by news media over Mr. Jobs passing. Though I agree with some of these views, I don't think it makes the fair eulogy Dennis Ritchie deserves. Dennis' importance will never be measured by any kind of comparison or relativization; it is hugely obvious, it persisted and is going to persist by many decades. We here know it. Those who don't, though, have the right to understand what he made possible. I think the article succeeds on this purpose.