Dennis M. Ritchie
http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/

   * 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 C Programming Language book [http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/index.html] 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. 


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extern int main (int argc, const char **argv)
{
   printf ("Goodbye Dennis.");
}
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