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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Dennis Ritchie dies at 70
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:40:54 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:20:00 -0700, markspace wrote:

> Dennis Ritchie, whose work creating the C programming language and the
> Unix operating system became the cornerstone of today’s modern world of
> computing, has died. He was 70.
> 
> Ritchie’s death was announced Wednesday in a staff memo from Jeong Kim,
> president of Bell Labs, where Ritchie worked from 1967 to 2007.
> 
> <http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-computer-
pioneer-dies-at-70/?tsp=1>

I think these obits say a little more......

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13/dennis_ritchie_obituary/


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