Co-Creator Of Unix Dead At 70

Dennis M. Ritchie, creator of C and co-creator of Unix has died at the age of 70.

 

Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On

The tributes to Dennis Ritchie won’t match the river of praise that spilled out over the web after the death of Steve Jobs. But they should.

And then some...

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/thedennisritchieeffect/

 

I still have my 1st edition K & R "C" book...somewhere.

RIP D. R.


Found it! It's all of a little more than 200 pages. Those were the dayz.

Nowadays it seems like every programming book is 1,000+ pages.