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 1RF35E-0005yt-Aj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:11:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03BAC21C09E; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:11:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D3121C02F for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bke11 with SMTP id 11so695630bke.40 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:10:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=hHa+Sr8NlF45YahspIaBKVfzr7azubI2oZO3X7X0ts0=; b=HioamYok21ulrWLyn0+esbb6LbK0R14iu58qDDq71151B5pMxnA4VlG/oQlGV+lFCv O0H9TD9wxsiFsnlsaNNWnLXc18XJtNOrQN9pjwOwBTD1aQ26D244jX2jNiT4gu2Z+ifk CnwT3AUwthsyTMCfqW/7NkvIgM6sO8cFA1ozI= 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 Received: by 10.204.151.217 with SMTP id d25mr9260032bkw.88.1318680613399; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:10:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.177.199 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:10:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20111015093304.7ad84101@acme7.acmenet> References: <20111015093304.7ad84101@acme7.acmenet> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:10:13 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dennis Ritchie From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 37ebc2492d50e4c6943399fd206ae9d7 On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 7:33 AM, 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. > > [1] sorry if there are any girls out there, but i think i have never seen > any female names on this list... Well, if it helps, the reason I have a huge beard and long hair is because I idolized Thompson and Ritchie as far back as my early teen years. My very conservative grandparents were less than amused that I was actively seeking a 60s Berkeley look. -- :wq