Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:48:18 -0400 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <4960302B-0685-4AAD-80FF-5A4BC388058B@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <20111014134123.GC83001@guilt.hydra> References: <20111013234643.GQ14162@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201110141220.p9ECKsUt039323@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20111014134123.GC83001@guilt.hydra>
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On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 07:20:54AM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> >> I think it's fair to say it would be 'Ritchie-deserved'. > > I'm conflicted about whether that's a good pun or a bad pun. > > >> >> Consider this another opinion in favor of the proposal. > > Y'know, I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to post obituaries on > official FreeBSD related Websites, but if it is, I can think of no better > time than now -- in honor of Dennis Ritchie, one of the most important > figures in all of Unix development, influential beyond what anyone is > likely to fully realized even outside of the Unix lineage itself. > > Yeah, I've just convinced myself. Even if it is generally not considered > appropriate, I think making an exception in this very exceptional case is > difficult to resist. I'll offer my voice in the chorus of support as > well. Has anyone from the the project weighed in on this yet? Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelking
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