A few days ago, it was reported that we lost yet another technology pioneer. Dennis Ritchie was one of the creators of the ever popular Unix operating system, as well as the father of the C programming language. He died at the age of 70 after a long illness.
Mr. Ritchie, along with his fellow geeks, Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan, Douglas Mcllroy, and Joe Ossanna were the ones responsible for creating Unix. The operating system would become so popular that it was the OS of choice for the Internet. It's impact is still felt today as many businesses use it to run their core applications. Many ISPs run some variant of Unix on their data-center servers as part of their infrastructure.
He also created the C programming language, which has become the most widely used programming language to date. It has been used by just about every up-and-coming programmer in the world today. His book, "The C Programming Language", in which he co-wrote with Brian Kernighan, has been adopted as the "C Bible" by geeks all over.
Because of his contributions to the technology community in the late 70's & early 80's, Mr. Ritchie had developed a cult following for decades to come. Many newbie geeks would aspire to become him and looked to him for his wisdom.
Thank You, Mr. Ritchie for all that you have done for the Internet & technology communities. You will be greatly & sadly missed. God Bless & Godspeed!
--ma
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