Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:16:31 -0300 From: Mariano Vecchioli <wormintrude@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <CAOUGkGNJnnrKv8MSF%2B2D10q%2BQZ=-RX9T83DouCurM%2BkDGApj5g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111014221109.GB30588@thought.org> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> <011A9DDF-464D-49A7-B0F9-96AF6360ED62@olivent.com> <20111014221109.GB30588@thought.org>
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+1 to Codename Ritchie. Mariano Vecchioli wormintrude@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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