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I just heard that, after a long illness, Dennis Ritchie (dmr) died at home this weekend. I have no more information.
I trust there are people here who will appreciate the reach of his contributions and mourn his passing appropriately.
He was a quiet and mostly private man, but he was also my friend, colleague, and collaborator, and the world has lost a truly great mind
(отсюда:
http://plus.google.com/u/0/101960720...EDDYfvKP?hl=en
)Собственно, Ритчи и Керниган - люди, во многом изменившие наш мир (хотя, наверное, большинство обитателей этого самого мира, пользующихся всем тем, в основе чего так, или иначе лежит разработка языка C,- об этом не задумываются).