Dennis Ritchie Dead at 70

Dennis Ritchie died today at 70.

Brian Kernighan, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie are the biggest influences on my career, starting when I became aware of Unix in high school.

I never had the chance to meet Dennis, but I attended a lecture by Brian in 1984 on “Little Languages” in Waterloo.

After reading K&R, I was able to write software that ran on the Space Shuttle.

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