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| Started by | scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) |
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| First post | 2011-10-18 00:00 +0000 |
| Last post | 2011-10-27 00:18 -0700 |
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Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) - 2011-10-18 00:00 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Uno <Uno@example.invalid> - 2011-10-18 05:20 -0600
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-11-11 23:51 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> - 2011-10-18 14:37 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-19 10:52 +1300
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "James" <no@spam.invalid> - 2011-10-18 16:47 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-19 00:02 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> - 2011-10-19 08:57 +0100
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-19 02:13 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@somewhere.else.net> - 2011-10-19 13:41 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-20 00:04 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-19 15:32 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-10-19 09:57 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-19 20:46 +0100
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation 88888 dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-10-19 13:06 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-19 20:49 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-10-19 19:04 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation lovecreatesbeauty <lovecreatesbeauty@gmail.com> - 2011-10-20 07:43 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-21 16:56 +0100
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "sadsailor" <overboard@the.oceans> - 2011-10-21 16:37 -0500
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-21 17:17 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-10-21 13:30 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-22 07:57 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) - 2011-10-22 15:51 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-22 18:19 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-23 08:00 +1300
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-23 15:39 +0100
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-23 05:55 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-23 21:30 +0100
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-10-23 14:27 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-23 10:28 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-23 08:36 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "Charles Richmond" <netnews@aquaporin4.com> - 2011-10-23 23:21 -0500
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "Charles Richmond" <netnews@aquaporin4.com> - 2011-10-23 23:21 -0500
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "Charles Richmond" <netnews@aquaporin4.com> - 2011-10-23 23:23 -0500
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-23 12:35 -0500
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-23 14:01 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2011-10-23 14:34 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-10-23 13:49 -0600
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-23 18:14 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-24 01:59 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-24 06:25 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-24 14:43 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-24 09:01 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation André Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis@gmail.com> - 2011-10-24 18:23 +0200
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-25 08:02 +1300
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-25 00:44 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-25 21:24 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-26 00:58 -0700
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-26 23:21 +1300
OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-29 06:56 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2011-10-29 21:18 +0200
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-30 10:43 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 02:26 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 08:43 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 03:11 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 08:17 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-02 06:16 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-11-28 00:23 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-27 23:57 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-28 00:20 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-11-29 23:36 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-30 12:42 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-30 10:46 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-12-01 23:20 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-02 12:39 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-02 00:42 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-02 13:45 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-02 00:57 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-02 08:49 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) - 2011-12-02 17:45 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-11-30 21:42 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-11-30 22:59 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-11-30 22:09 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-01 11:20 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-01 00:21 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-01 01:22 -0800
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2011-12-01 10:18 +0000
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-01 04:57 -0800
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2011-12-02 08:34 +0000
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-12-01 13:38 +0000
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-01 13:47 -0800
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2011-12-02 08:10 +0000
Re: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and programming Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-02 17:48 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-30 18:35 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-12-01 02:53 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-01 07:07 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-12-04 00:35 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-03 18:28 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2011-11-30 14:10 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-01 00:15 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-01 12:21 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-01 00:29 +0100
Operator overloading extensions (Was re: OOP and C++ and C) "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 15:50 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-01 07:38 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-01 20:26 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-30 18:37 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-01 02:05 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-01 07:09 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2011-11-01 10:13 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 23:02 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-01 04:04 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 08:45 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-01 09:25 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 09:30 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 12:59 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 10:30 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 14:33 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 13:10 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 16:37 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 13:44 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 21:03 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-01 16:26 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-03 02:38 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 22:53 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-03 16:03 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-30 01:07 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-30 21:22 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-30 04:41 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-30 08:40 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-30 10:56 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 03:03 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 02:59 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-30 07:56 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-30 08:13 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-30 18:05 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-30 11:38 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 07:56 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 01:11 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 21:34 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 08:36 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 07:37 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-31 06:55 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 06:08 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-31 10:42 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 07:56 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-31 12:54 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 07:47 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-30 19:46 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 01:49 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-31 15:15 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 09:01 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-31 18:04 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 11:56 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-01 03:03 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 09:18 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 09:39 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 09:54 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 10:11 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-01 03:22 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 23:08 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 09:04 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 09:26 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 09:37 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-31 10:01 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 07:59 +1300
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 09:52 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 17:25 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-11-01 21:44 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) ImpalerCore <jadill33@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 07:07 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-30 08:33 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-30 18:00 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 03:20 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-10-31 20:07 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 13:48 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-31 22:18 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-01 03:59 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-31 22:52 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-01 04:27 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-01 18:56 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 12:59 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 16:46 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 14:16 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-01 21:35 -0400
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 08:22 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-02 10:14 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 12:09 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) jameskuyper <jameskuyper@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 13:11 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:01 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-02 22:11 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-02 15:32 -0700
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-03 07:41 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-03 06:36 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-03 14:34 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 08:41 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-04 03:30 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 09:03 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-04 09:24 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 09:44 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-09 00:06 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-09 00:03 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-09 10:57 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 09:13 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-10 11:05 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 13:23 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-10 14:47 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-11-11 00:17 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-11 09:29 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-11 18:05 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-11-11 18:19 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-11 13:28 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-11-11 18:37 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-11 14:13 -0500
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-11 11:17 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-11 21:49 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-11-11 22:11 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-11 14:19 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-12 02:50 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-12 01:44 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-12 17:54 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-12 11:38 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-11-14 02:36 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-14 16:01 +0000
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-14 10:40 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-11-14 18:36 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-14 12:08 -0800
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-15 08:52 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2011-11-14 20:15 -0500
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Re: OOP and C++ and C blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-11-14 14:45 -0800
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-11-14 15:21 -0800
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-11 23:53 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-11 19:53 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-11-10 17:00 -0800
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-12 04:27 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-11-11 03:30 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-11-12 05:14 +0000
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Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) nroberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-10-30 11:00 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-10-30 19:09 +0100
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-30 11:51 -0700
Re: OOP and C++ and C (was Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-10-30 20:36 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2011-10-24 12:16 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-10-25 20:30 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-10-24 15:52 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-10-24 21:40 -0400
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Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201110.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-10-27 04:54 +0200
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Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2011-10-20 11:07 -0400
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-20 16:31 +0000
Re: Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-10-20 11:13 -0700
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| From | scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit) |
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| Date | 2011-10-18 00:00 +0000 |
| Subject | Dennis Ritchie -- An Appreciation |
| Message-ID | <j7ifjd091u@enews1.newsguy.com> |
[I haven't posted here in quite some time, but I should definitely post this here. It's also on the web at http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/dmr.html .] I'm a programmer, and just about always have been. My favorite programming language is still C, and my favorite operating system is still Unix. Dennis Ritchie was, of course, jointly responsible for both. So I have definitely lost a personal hero and, to the extent that I can claim I've learned from his work, a mentor as well. It's been said that Unix killed research in operating systems. I find I don't mind, because Unix is just about perfect. It's said that you have to keep updating your skills in the tech world, but I've been programming professionally in C and Unix for more than 30 years now, and I don't expect to have to switch anytime soon. In a field that does tend to burn down and reincarnate itself at least once every five years or so, those two wonderful little programming systems have proved remarkably durable. (And they *are* little, which is one of their underappreciated charms.) Just about everybody of a certain era in programming probably considers Dennis a hero. The tech world being a bit more gregarious and less stratified than (say) Hollywood, Dennis was delightfully approachable. It was always a thrill to see a post from dmr in a Usenet newsgroup, the more so if it was in response to one of your own posts, the more so if he agreed with you. And if you got an email out of the blue -- well, that was *really* one to be treasured. But you didn't have to wait; any random hacker out there on the net could send an email to dmr, and he'd often reply. (I know this because he once thanked me -- another email to treasure! -- for being able to save time by simply pointing supplicants to the comp.lang.c FAQ list I'd compiled.) Random reminiscence: it's a USENIX conference, sometime in the mid-90's. There's a session on copyright and other intellectual property issues, and as always happens when computer types discuss this topic, there are a bunch of flamboyant statements being made about how copyrights and patents on software are Evil, information wants to be free, etc., etc. One commentator, objecting to the possibility that too-strict copyrights might stifle progress, solemnly opines that he doesn't want to be stuck using 20 year old software. But sitting right in front of me happens to be Dennis Ritchie, who calls out in a rather commanding voice, "But you all do!" I'd like to say I'll miss him not only as a mentor but as a personal friend, but I only met him once or twice, so I can't honestly say that. But I can say this: every time I simply type r = read(fd, buf, 13); to read 13 bytes from a file without worrying about its record structure, Dennis Ritchie lives. Every time I pipe something to grep rather than having to eyeball it for a pattern I'm looking for, Dennis Ritchie lives. Most importantly, every time I have the pleasure of writing (or using!) a software tool that's wondrously small and simple, that does one job and does it well, Dennis Ritchie lives. In fact, that's not a bad epitaph. Dennis Ritchie: he did one job, and he did it well. Steve Summit 2011-10-13
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| From | Uno <Uno@example.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-10-18 05:20 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <9g55olFespU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #11845 |
On 10/17/2011 06:00 PM, Steve Summit wrote: > [I haven't posted here in quite some time, but I should > definitely post this here. It's also on the web at > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/dmr.html .] > > I'm a programmer, and just about always have been. > My favorite programming language is still C, and my favorite > operating system is still Unix. Dennis Ritchie was, of course, > jointly responsible for both. So I have definitely lost a > personal hero and, to the extent that I can claim I've learned > from his work, a mentor as well. > > It's been said that Unix killed research in operating systems. > I find I don't mind, because Unix is just about perfect. > It's said that you have to keep updating your skills in the tech > world, but I've been programming professionally in C and Unix for > more than 30 years now, and I don't expect to have to switch anytime > soon. In a field that does tend to burn down and reincarnate > itself at least once every five years or so, those two wonderful > little programming systems have proved remarkably durable. > (And they *are* little, which is one of their underappreciated charms.) > > Just about everybody of a certain era in programming probably > considers Dennis a hero. The tech world being a bit more > gregarious and less stratified than (say) Hollywood, Dennis was > delightfully approachable. It was always a thrill to see a post > from dmr in a Usenet newsgroup, the more so if it was in response > to one of your own posts, the more so if he agreed with you. > And if you got an email out of the blue -- well, that was > *really* one to be treasured. But you didn't have to wait; any > random hacker out there on the net could send an email to dmr, > and he'd often reply. (I know this because he once thanked me -- > another email to treasure! -- for being able to save time by > simply pointing supplicants to the comp.lang.c FAQ list I'd > compiled.) > > Random reminiscence: it's a USENIX conference, sometime in the > mid-90's. There's a session on copyright and other intellectual > property issues, and as always happens when computer types > discuss this topic, there are a bunch of flamboyant statements > being made about how copyrights and patents on software are > Evil, information wants to be free, etc., etc. One commentator, > objecting to the possibility that too-strict copyrights might > stifle progress, solemnly opines that he doesn't want to be > stuck using 20 year old software. But sitting right in front > of me happens to be Dennis Ritchie, who calls out in a rather > commanding voice, "But you all do!" > > I'd like to say I'll miss him not only as a mentor but as a > personal friend, but I only met him once or twice, so I can't > honestly say that. But I can say this: every time I simply type > > r = read(fd, buf, 13); > > to read 13 bytes from a file without worrying about its record > structure, Dennis Ritchie lives. Every time I pipe something to > grep rather than having to eyeball it for a pattern I'm looking > for, Dennis Ritchie lives. Most importantly, every time I have > the pleasure of writing (or using!) a software tool that's > wondrously small and simple, that does one job and does it well, > Dennis Ritchie lives. > > In fact, that's not a bad epitaph. Dennis Ritchie: he did one > job, and he did it well. > > Steve Summit > 2011-10-13 I usually read you as a hard copy. Cheers, -- Uno
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| From | jgk@panix.com (Joe keane) |
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| Date | 2011-11-11 23:51 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j9kce1$cdn$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #11863 |
In article <9g55olFespU1@mid.individual.net>, Uno <Uno@example.invalid> wrote: >I'm a programmer, and just about always have been. My favorite >programming language is still C, and my favorite operating system is >still Unix. i really apprieciate that
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| From | Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-18 14:37 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <MPG.29076a19f410f2d989686@aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #11845 |
C is close enough to the hardware to allow me to avoid writing assembly in order to keep a program fast. Yet C is abstract enough to write complicated ideas in a symbolic way in order to make the code easy to maintain. C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ and Java. My first programming language was Fortran IV. My second programming language was PL/1. But C (while the 3rd programming language that I learned) was the first programming language that I loved. And I am really, really hard to please. There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours?
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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 10:52 +1300 |
| Message-ID | <9g6ao6FkohU2@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
On 10/19/11 10:37 AM, Dann Corbit wrote: > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? Alan Turing. -- Ian Collins
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| From | "James" <no@spam.invalid> |
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| Date | 2011-10-18 16:47 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <j7l341$jk3$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
"Dann Corbit" <dcorbit@connx.com> wrote in message news:MPG.29076a19f410f2d989686@aioe.org... [...] > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? Grace Hopper
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| From | Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 00:02 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <bae165d2-38c3-4e99-8e58-7d3505589eae@k35g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #11877 |
On Oct 19, 12:47 am, "James" <n...@spam.invalid> wrote: > "Dann Corbit" <dcor...@connx.com> wrote in message > > news:MPG.29076a19f410f2d989686@aioe.org... > [...] > > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? > > Grace Hopper Dijkstra
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| From | "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 08:57 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <9g7e6iFfjnU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
"Dann Corbit" <dcorbit@connx.com> wrote in message news:MPG.29076a19f410f2d989686@aioe.org... >C is close enough to the hardware to allow me to avoid writing assembly > in order to keep a program fast. Yet C is abstract enough to write > complicated ideas in a symbolic way in order to make the code easy to > maintain. > > C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ and Java. > > My first programming language was Fortran IV. My second programming > language was PL/1. But C (while the 3rd programming language that I > learned) was the first programming language that I loved. > > And I am really, really hard to please. > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? That "Programming Pearls" guy. Bill Wolf (for "Design of an Optimising Compiler") Aho, Weinberg, Kernighan (AWK) Kernighan (Di-Troff, and much else) Per Brinch Hansen Tony Hoare
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| From | Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 02:13 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <5ac64de3-5417-490b-bb65-7490a613fa36@a25g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
On Oct 18, 11:37 pm, Dann Corbit <dcor...@connx.com> wrote: > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? > Ada Lovelace was not only the first programmer, she also understood what programming was and what a computer could and couldn't do. So she's got to be on the list. I'd also add Cooley and Tukey for the fast Fourier transform.
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| From | Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@somewhere.else.net> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 13:41 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <j7mk1c$rld$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #11881 |
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:13:11 -0700, Malcolm McLean wrote:
> On Oct 18, 11:37 pm, Dann Corbit <dcor...@connx.com> wrote:
>>
>> There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens,
>> and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours?
>>
> Ada Lovelace was not only the first programmer, she also understood what
> programming was and what a computer could and couldn't do. So she's got
> to be on the list.
>
> I'd also add Cooley and Tukey for the fast Fourier transform.
Niklaus Wirth wasn't mentioned yet. Alain Colmerauer and David Warren for
their work on Prolog and the WAM.
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| From | Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-20 00:04 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <e35da458-fe3a-425e-b0d9-8d062a1e4836@v15g2000vbm.googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #11881 |
On Oct 19, 10:13 am, Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mcle...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On Oct 18, 11:37 pm, Dann Corbit <dcor...@connx.com> wrote: > > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? > > Ada Lovelace was not only the first programmer, she also understood > what programming was and what a computer could and couldn't do. So > she's got to be on the list. there's some doubt about these claims. Some think she was just a ghost writer for Babbage. She was rather over-rated as a mathematician too. > I'd also add Cooley and Tukey for the fast Fourier transform.
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| From | Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 15:32 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnj9trc0.1bk.grahn+nntp@frailea.sa.invalid> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
On Tue, 2011-10-18, Dann Corbit wrote: > C is close enough to the hardware to allow me to avoid writing assembly > in order to keep a program fast. Yet C is abstract enough to write > complicated ideas in a symbolic way in order to make the code easy to > maintain. > > C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ and Java. > > My first programming language was Fortran IV. My second programming > language was PL/1. But C (while the 3rd programming language that I > learned) was the first programming language that I loved. > > And I am really, really hard to please. > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. I don't know Stevens as a programmer, more as an explorer/teacher. He's on my top lists, but not this one. > How about yours? The rest of Bell Labs, up to and including Stroustrup. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . . \X/ snipabacken.se> O o .
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| From | Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 09:57 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <86pqhsrkb6.fsf@zipcon.net> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> writes: > C is close enough to the hardware to allow me to avoid writing assembly > in order to keep a program fast. Yet C is abstract enough to write > complicated ideas in a symbolic way in order to make the code easy to > maintain. > > C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ and Java. > > My first programming language was Fortran IV. My second programming > language was PL/1. But C (while the 3rd programming language that I > learned) was the first programming language that I loved. My exposure was Basic, Pascal, C, then various assembly languages and other languages. C was my favorite for a long time. And while I have other favorites now, they were invented after C. > And I am really, really hard to please. > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? Here are a few more: Robert Sedgwick, for clear and cogent explanations of algorithms. Ralph Griswold (RIP), creator of Snobol and Icon. Daniel Murphy, primary creator of TOPS-20, the first modern timesharing OS. -- Patrick
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| From | Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 20:46 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <4E9F2921.EB091A61@btinternet.com> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
Dann Corbit wrote: > > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? There is one of those whom I would exclude. I would add (in no particular order) Tony Hoare, Charles Moore, Bertrand Meyer and John McCarthy. -- When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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| From | 88888 dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 13:06 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <19515754.76.1319054771038.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pref15> |
| In reply to | #11886 |
I recommend the Winograd's Fourier transform programs for 1 D DFT not covered by the Oppenheim nad Schaifer's text books, and programs of the Nussbaumer polynomial transform for multidimensional DFT.
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| From | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 20:49 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <20111019163239.625@kylheku.com> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
On 2011-10-18, Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> wrote: > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? Dough Smith: Very nice work on the game Lode Runner for the Apple II circa 1980. Philip Greenspun: http://philip.greenspun.com/narcissism/resume This new resume doesn't have a lot details of the cool exploits that I remember from a prior version. But I didn't know that Greenspun was one of the brains behind PA-RISC. ``Helped architect, simulate and design prototype of HP's Precision Architecture RISC computer. The prototype took two man-years to complete and ran at VAX 11/780 speed in June 1983. This architecture became the basis of HP's computer product line for 15 years and then became the basis for the 64-bit generation of Intel processors.'' That was in 1982-1983. He was only born in 1963. :)
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| From | Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-19 19:04 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <udlu971eqd3fgj2j4rbb0ct6qtir65dccj@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
Dann Corbit <dcorbit@connx.com> wrote: > ... >There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, >and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? Not sure if to call them "programmers", but ... Add Niklaus Wirth, Edser Djikstra, Per Brinch-Hansen, Chuck Moore, Alan Perlis (even if only for the humor,) Alan Kay. -- Roberto Waltman [ Please reply to the group, return address is invalid ]
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| From | lovecreatesbeauty <lovecreatesbeauty@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-20 07:43 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <58acb2eb-ff49-4f66-bb5c-087ec3d522eb@p20g2000prm.googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
On Oct 19, 5:37 am, Dann Corbit <dcor...@connx.com> wrote: > C is close enough to the hardware to allow me to avoid writing assembly > in order to keep a program fast. Yet C is abstract enough to write > complicated ideas in a symbolic way in order to make the code easy to > maintain. > > C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ and Java. > I think C is just enough > There are some programming giants. Donald Knuth, W. Richard Stevens, > and Dennis Ritchie top my list. How about yours? Dennis Ritchie is the one on my list
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| From | Frederick Williams <freddywilliams@btinternet.com> |
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| Date | 2011-10-21 16:56 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <4EA19626.A1D5C64D@btinternet.com> |
| In reply to | #11875 |
Dann Corbit wrote: > C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ We mustn't hold that against it. > and Java. -- When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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| From | "sadsailor" <overboard@the.oceans> |
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| Date | 2011-10-21 16:37 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <j7sosd$ps1$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #11941 |
> Dann Corbit wrote: > >> C is the mother of the modern OO languages like C++ There is some truth in that, but you have to parse out the tidbit that is true: C is a mutha!
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