When Steve Job died all major newspapers, magazines and television news shows dedicated major space and time to report his death. One week after someone far mo

When Steve Job died all major newspapers, magazines and television news shows dedicated major space and time to report his death. One week after someone far more important died: the co-creator of the most influential computer program in history (Unix) and the most influential programming language in history (C). Very few news media outlet reported the death of Dennis M. Ritchie. I argue that Ritchie's legacy runs deeper and wider than Jobs'. Almost all CPUs and microprocessors existing today run code that was implemented using technologies created by Ritchie, from ABS breaks to satellites. But, even in this forum, many people don't know about him.