Dennis Ritchie, Creator of UNIX and C, Dead at 70

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Twitter is currently buzzing about the death of Dennis Ritchie, the visionary creator of UNIX and C, among other things. We hope it's just a false rumor. Story developing, we will be updating. Update: Unfortunately, it seems to be confirmed. Rob Pike, co-creator of the Plan 9 and Inferno OSes, who has worked with Ritchie in the past, and he's currently working for Google's GO language, posted this.

http://www.osnews.com/story/25232/Dennis_Ritchie_Creator_of_UNIX_and_C_Dead_at_70
RIP, probably the most influential man in technology.

 

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Arguably has done more for the computing world than Jobs but won't get even half the tributes.

Agreed, if anything the Apple community should be mourning his loss just as much as Steve jobs. They should remember that the entirety of their product line is based off Unix.

 

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