Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feed.news.qwest.net!mpls-nntp-03.inet.qwest.net!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:44:34 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 28 Message-ID: <13938301.143.1318632274791.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfp13> References: Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 2620:0:1000:2004:224:d7ff:fe69:5838 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1318632275 25324 127.0.0.1 (14 Oct 2011 22:44:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:44:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2620:0:1000:2004:224:d7ff:fe69:5838; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8809 On Friday, October 14, 2011 2:22:27 PM UTC-7, B1ll Gat3s wrote: > On 14/10/2011 5:13 PM, markspace wrote: > > On 10/14/2011 1:59 PM, B1ll Gat3s wrote: > >> 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. > > > > >=20 > You don't think I tried that sort of thing? But I got no answer. No, we don't. > > "Pike received word Oct. 12 that Dr. Ritchie=92s body had been discover= ed > > last weekend. A cause of death was not immediately available." >=20 > And apparently neither did you. But he did. He got that the cause of death is not available. That *is* an= answer! --=20 Lew