Hi community,
I have been waiting for someone more knowledgeable to write about the
passing away of Dennis Ritchie (8 October) especially after the recent
obituaries posted in the list. I confess I know little about him, except:
1/ He created the C language ( and together with Brian Kernighan wrote
an extremely useful book about it )
2/ He and Ken Thompson were key in the development of something called
UNIX...
Undoubtedly, he made an impact in our field.
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Miguel
Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (UMR6098)
CNRS, Universités d'Aix-Marseille I & II
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