[Gllug] C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead

Alain Williams addw at phcomp.co.uk
Thu Oct 13 12:34:57 UTC 2011


On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 01:29:43PM +0100, John Hearns wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie/

UKUUG will send a card on behalf of us in the UK. He visited/spoke several times.

A great loss, a much greater influence than Steve Jobs.

I am trying to get the BBC to cover his death ... don't quite know who to contact...

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