Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:11:09 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <20111014221109.GB30588@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com>
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 05:43:25PM -0400, mikel king wrote: > Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:43:25 -0400 > From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> > Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion > To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> > Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) > > > On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > > > With the recent death of Dennis Ritchie, we've lost one of the giants on whose > > shoulders we are standing. But rather that mourn his passing, I think it would > > be proper to remember and celebrate his achievements. both dennis's and ken's ... and for that matter the entire bunch from murry hill. somewhere in my jumble of books in my True Bible, 'the c programming language' that i had dennis autograph 20+ years ago. in my NSHO, that book is the best book every written. it's just one of dennis's achievements[!] > > > > His contributions to the C language and the UNIX operating system are a > > legacy that few can match. > > > > Therefore I would like to propose that the FreeBSD project dedicate the > > upcoming 9.0 release in his memory. > > > > Alternatively, an tribute on the FreeBSD website would be fitting, wouldn't it? > > > > Roland > > -- > > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) > > > I think this would be a fitting tribute... hm. given that ken finished up at berkeley in '69 and '70, isn't it overdue to have at least a page that mentions the BSD link to its origin and inspiration? {sigh} gary > > > Regards, > Mikel King > mikel.king@olivent.com > o: 631.627.3055 | c: 646.530.3320 | skype: mikel.king | http://bit.ly/mk-resume > http://bit.ly/mk-twttr | http://linkd.in/mk-in | http://on.fb.me/mk-fb | http://bit.ly/mk-contact > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
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