[http://cm.bell-labs.co/who/dmr/%|%Dennis M. Ritchie
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] (https://cmwww.bell-labs.com/whousr/dmr/www/), author of the
[C] programming language, and one of the creators of [Unix].
* Worked on Unix in the early (pre-ATT) days. Wrote a significant portion of the Unix Programmer's Manual, First Edition.
* Wrote technical paper on the Unix STREAMS I/O system.
* Co-authored the white [The C Programming Language Kernighan and Ritchie%|%C Programming Language book] along with [Brian Kernighan].
A man who changed the world with very few knowing who he was or that he ever existed. The world is a lesser place without him.
** Publications **
[The C Programming Language Kernighan and Ritchie%|%C Programming Language book]: A classic technical manual.
[http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/att/unix/2nd_Edition/UNIX_Programmers_Manual_2ed_Jun72.pdf%|%the Unix Programmer's Manual]:
[https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/st.html%|%A Stream Input-Output System]: An introduction to the Unix STREAMS I/O system.
** In Memoriam **
======c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main (int argc, const char **argv)
{
printf ("Goodbye Dennis.\n");
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
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[JHJL] We need a "Like" button ;) Would we have had Tcl without the foundations laid by this great pioneer of our craft?
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[Fabricio Rocha] 17 Oct 2011 -10-17: (Like) as well. Simple and meaningful homage. So sad to know about his death.
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