Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:19:30 -0500 From: "Charles Hottel" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer References: <13938301.143.1318632274791.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfp13> <4e9a36ac$0$293$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Subject: Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70 Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:19:39 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: <_LydnQGKH4SfawfTnZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Lines: 20 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.166.230.127 X-Trace: sv3-bs4N3fG7bm34YhV1AtMhFYENioTGDxrn9Bb5eMXU6TWprJTNGRdUhuDxvv8oJDv0IEXu5dG7qtEekqy!GWfORH/kHqVE6age8V/iBGvXGZ/fDEVVoXw2uPQlws2EqIDzO8xljkFpQxwcyVgo655RkvWdNjCo!7YDW6oZGzuDWUSC0VEFK+0DN/cHjbAfHSw== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2094 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8866 "B1ll Gat3s" wrote in message news:j7dq6f$8tv$2@speranza.aioe.org... > On 15/10/2011 9:43 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> That is the best possible reply. > > But it's *not* the best possible reply, unless you believe the man's > C.O.D. is known to no-one and never will be known. > > -- > A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01) > 00010E36. The current application will be terminated. > > * Press any key to terminate the current application. This is not a definitive answer but at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie under "Death and legacy" is says he was being treated for prostate cancer and heart disease.