Legendary computer scientist and creator of the C programming language Dennis Ritchie has died at the age of 70, leaving behind a legacy that touches virtually every aspect of modern life. News of Ritchie’s death was apparently first revealed to the world on Google+ by Rob Pike, a distinguished engineer at Google who worked with Ritchie on numerous occasions. “It’s pretty amazing how much of an influence [Ritchie] had,” Pike told TechNewsWorld. “[Steve] Jobs died last week, which was also very sad, but I think Dennis in some ways had a bigger effect on things.”
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Tech World Mourns Loss of Dennis Ritchie, Father of C and Unix
Posted by: Katherine Noyes October 13, 2011 03:18 PMLegendary computer scientist and creator of the C programming language Dennis Ritchie has died at the age of 70, leaving behind a legacy that touches virtually every aspect of modern life. News of Ritchie’s death was apparently first revealed to the world on Google+ by Rob Pike, a distinguished engineer at Google who worked with Ritchie on numerous occasions. “It’s pretty amazing how much of an influence [Ritchie] had,” Pike told TechNewsWorld. “[Steve] Jobs died last week, which was also very sad, but I think Dennis in some ways had a bigger effect on things.”