[OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70

[markspace]

Dennis Ritchie, whose work creating the C programming language and the
Unix operating system became the cornerstone of today’s modern world of
computing, has died. He was 70.

Ritchie’s death was announced Wednesday in a staff memo from Jeong Kim,
president of Bell Labs, where Ritchie worked from 1967 to 2007.

<http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-computer-pioneer-dies-at-70/?tsp=1>

 

[Roedy Green]

Dennis Ritchie, whose work creating the C programming language and the
Unix operating system became the cornerstone of today’s modern world of
computing, has died. He was 70.

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a
genius to understand the simplicity.
~ Dennis Ritchie 1941-09-09 2011-10-08
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
It should not be considered an error when the user starts something
already started or stops something already stopped. This applies
to browsers, services, editors... It is inexcusable to
punish the user by requiring some elaborate sequence to atone,
e.g. open the task editor, find and kill some processes.

 

[Martin Gregorie]

Dennis Ritchie, whose work creating the C programming language and the
Unix operating system became the cornerstone of today’s modern world of
computing, has died. He was 70.

Ritchie’s death was announced Wednesday in a staff memo from Jeong Kim,
president of Bell Labs, where Ritchie worked from 1967 to 2007.

<http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-computer-

pioneer-dies-at-70/?tsp=1>

I think these obits say a little more......

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie_obituary/

 

[Tom Anderson]

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
printf("Goodbye, world.\n");
return 0;
}

A patch for atheists:

--- dmr.c 2011-10-14 14:24:07.535509060 +0100
+++ dmr2.c 2011-10-14 14:24:31.291128788 +0100
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
int main(void)
{
printf("Goodbye, world.\n");
- return 0;
+ exit(0);
}

tom

 

[Donkey Hottie]

14.10.2011 16:26, Tom Anderson kirjoitti:

A patch for atheists:

--- dmr.c 2011-10-14 14:24:07.535509060 +0100
+++ dmr2.c 2011-10-14 14:24:31.291128788 +0100
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
int main(void)
{
printf("Goodbye, world.\n");
- return 0;
+ exit(0);
}

tom

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
exit(0);
}

 

[B1ll Gat3s]

pioneer-dies-at-70/?tsp=1>

I think these obits say a little more......

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie_obituary/

None of these links say what actually got him. Was it just old age? 70's
a *touch* young for that, though.

 

[markspace]

None of these links say what actually got him. Was it just old age? 70's
a *touch* young for that, though.

I uh, happen to be connected to this world wide information network,
which allows me to look up information about things. You should look
into getting one yourself.

<http://www.google.com/search?q=dennis+ritchie+cause+of+death>

"Dennis Ritchie, 70, a computer scientist who changed modern technology
by writing an elegantly simple computer programming language, was found
dead at his home in Murray Hill, N.J., his former colleague Rob Pike said.

"Pike received word Oct. 12 that Dr. Ritchie’s body had been discovered
last weekend. A cause of death was not immediately available."


So there you go. Unknown, not immediately available. He was found dead
in his home.

 

[B1ll Gat3s]

I uh, happen to be connected to this world wide information network,
which allows me to look up information about things. You should look
into getting one yourself.

<http://www.google.com/search?q=dennis+ritchie+cause+of+death>

You don't think I tried that sort of thing? But I got no answer.

"Pike received word Oct. 12 that Dr. Ritchie’s body had been discovered
last weekend. A cause of death was not immediately available."

And apparently neither did you.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

14.10.2011 16:26, Tom Anderson kirjoitti:

#include<stdio.h>

main()
{
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
exit(0);
}

Implicit type. Tsk tsk.

Arne

 

[Lew]

You don't think I tried that sort of thing? But I got no answer.

No, we don't.

And apparently neither did you.

But he did. He got that the cause of death is not available. That *is* ananswer!

 

[B1ll Gat3s]

No, we don't.

Then you're wrong.

But he did.

No he didn't.

He got that the cause of death is not available. That *is* an answer!

No it isn't.

 

[Volker Borchert]

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
printf("Goodbye, world.\n");
return 0;
}

main() {
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
return 0;
/* Atheists use
exit(0);
*/
}

 

[Volker Borchert]

Implicit type. Tsk tsk.

GOD is REAL unless declared INTEGER.

 

[Tom Anderson]

main() {
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
return 0;
/* Atheists use
exit(0);
*/
}

At least put that in an IFDEF!

tom

 

[Donkey Hottie]

15.10.2011 01:09, Arne Vajhøj kirjoitti:

Implicit type. Tsk tsk.

Arne

The point was K&R C

main()
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
printf("<S>\n");
exit(0);
}

 

[Lew]

Then you're wrong.


No he didn't.


No it isn't.

'Palin becomes frustrated with this, insisting that he paid for an argument, and "an argument is an intellectual process, while contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says."'
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Argument_Sketch>

 

[Volker Borchert]

At least put that in an IFDEF!

Combined with <[email protected]> we have now

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");

#ifdef ATHEIST
exit(0);
#else
return 0;
#endif
}

Can this be agreed upon?

 

[B1ll Gat3s]

'Palin becomes frustrated with this, insisting that he paid for an
argument, and "an argument is an intellectual process, while
contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other
person says."'

Cute.

The fact remains that I still don't know his cause of death, and all the
claiming that "I got an answer" won't change the fact that in reality I
still don't know.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

main() {
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");
return 0;
/* Atheists use
exit(0);
*/
}

#ifdef

Arne

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

At least put that in an IFDEF!

Combined with<[email protected]> we have now

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
printf("Goodbye, World.\n");

#ifdef ATHEIST
exit(0);
#else
return 0;
#endif
}

Can this be agreed upon?

K&R style arguments is a brilliant idea for this!

Arne