From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RF3il-0005QY-VS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:52:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 552F121C139; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CBEE121C045 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:51:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Oct 2011 12:51:06 -0000 Received: from g231014246.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO toxic.dbnet) [92.231.14.246] by mail.gmx.net (mp008) with SMTP; 15 Oct 2011 14:51:06 +0200 X-Authenticated: #351132 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+jQPJLYXijTPnXSOeYPaGw7pgtFKmkhSKSknUMUO aJ/dG1U1JVLbcD Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:51:04 +0200 From: Jonas de Buhr To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dennis Ritchie Message-ID: <20111015145104.37bbcb30@toxic.dbnet> In-Reply-To: <4E997C00.3080501@genestate.com> References: <20111015093304.7ad84101@acme7.acmenet> <4E997C00.3080501@genestate.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8e7543e12fc9a74b1d7a94a4c716f41b Am Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:26:40 +0100 schrieb Matt Harrison : > On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: > > > > hello boys [1], > > > > i know i don't participate much on this list, but this does not > > mean that i don't try to follow most of the threads (not all of > > them, i admit). > > > > i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the > > recent death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions > > to the development of computational technologies were not only > > paramount, but affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we > > could somehow compensate for the lack of echo of these news in the > > media, by dedicating some time to celebrate his memory and express > > our gratitude. > > I agree, > > I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the > folks here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is > very sad on both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that > "Richie might have helped popularise C, but SJ invented the > iPhone...which is 10x more useful". > > I swear I'm dealing with a bunch of cretins here :P haha wow. i admire your self-control :P im sure, by everyone who counts, dennis ritchie will be remembered for his work.