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

RomanNose · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:36

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.

LizardKing · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:47

A true pioneer of technology, RIP

Elixir · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:48

chaosdestro0 said:
RIP, probably the most influential man in technology.

Deja vu.

RIP.

scorza · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:48

King Damager · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:52

Wow... a bad week :S

RIP

kd

bam0 · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:53

One the greats of computing, it's staggering to think of how much of what we use now is built on what he created. RIP

Cosimo · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:03

We've both loved and hated you in our work but where would we be without you. A computing great!

RIP

platypus · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:24

Got this news in an email from my dad this morning, he knew him, and is devestated.

Very sad, RIP.

Robbo · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:26

JHeaton · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:35

Sad indeed, RIP.

log1K · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:53

Dammit another great loss to the world.

D.P. · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:03

Now that is truly someone who pioneered and innovated. :-(

gilljoy · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:08

Another genius of the tech world gone, RIP

robgmun · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:47

D.P. said:
Now that is truly someone who pioneered and innovated.

+1 on that!

Frenzy · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:49

D.P. said:
Now that is truly someone who pioneered and innovated.

+1

molinari · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:21

D.P. said:
Now that is truly someone who pioneered and innovated.

I don't want to over emphasise the point, but I absolutely agree.
RIP

SMN · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:27

Looks like god is setting up to form a company to challenge Oracles world domination plans.

RIP.

Alex74 · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:27

D.P. said:
Now that is truly someone who pioneered and innovated.

+4

RIP

Burnsy2023 · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:30

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

SKILL · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:34

To think of the impact Ritchie had on technology is staggering, the vast majority of computing products over the last 30+ years will have at least some C code and a large number will run on something based off Unix...

RIP