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Truthfully, I clicked on this topic because I did not know who Dennis Ritchie is. Now that I know, I'm ashamed to have not known  RIP  |
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Roquen
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2011-10-13 09:49:53 » |
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It's strange. When I started that noteworthy people thread my first thought was of Kernighan, Ritchie and Thompson, but I sorta wanted to stick to individual contributions..even though very few are truly individual efforts. I'm certainly going to toast Ritchie this evening.
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Games published by our own members! Check 'em out!
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princec
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2011-10-13 12:08:14 » |
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Ah, now that really is a great loss to computer science. Cas  |
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quixote_arg
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2011-10-13 12:57:52 » |
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Ah, now that really is a great loss to computer science.
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2011-10-13 15:20:34 » |
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Ah, now that really is a great loss to computer science. Cas this |
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2011-10-13 15:39:44 » |
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That's a bummer.
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2011-10-13 15:56:10 » |
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wow, apparently I was not paying attention when I did my Computer programming reading.... Cuase I even took notes that C was made by Dennis ritchie, and yet I had no idea who he was when I saw this.
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gouessej
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2011-10-14 15:11:35 » |
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He died a few days ago. Great guy. I assume even Java would not exist without him. In Belgium, some media spoke about his death but not really in France.
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Cero
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2011-10-14 16:06:46 » |
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I died a few days ago.
You did ? |
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Games published by our own members! Check 'em out!
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2011-10-14 21:02:06 » |
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I died a few days ago. Great guy. I assume even Java would not exist without him. In Belgium, some media spoke about his death but not really in France.
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Cero
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2011-10-14 21:45:44 » |
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I guess we are talking to "Zombie Julien" now
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2011-10-15 11:19:42 » |
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I died a few days ago.
You did ? he has some credits left |
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2011-10-15 11:51:48 » |
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I died a few days ago. Great guy. I assume even Java would not exist without him. In Belgium, some media spoke about his death but not really in France.
hmm, I must have missed that, but that makes sense sinse I don't watch local belgian tv ever  |
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gouessej
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2011-10-17 11:52:34 » |
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I died a few days ago.
You did ? Oops sorry. I'm alive, it was a spelling mistake or maybe a Freudian slip. |
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2011-10-17 15:36:59 » |
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this was mentioned a couple of days ago on some podcast someone who was giving a ride to me was listening to.
Basically the guys said that dennis made computers for real people who did real work. And Jobs made computers for hippies.
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2011-10-17 19:06:19 » |
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dennis made computers for real people who did real work. And Jobs made computers for hippies. LOL!! That's funny, but true. |
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Roquen
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2011-10-18 10:40:16 » |
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Apple II & NeXT.
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Roquen
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2011-10-18 10:44:23 » |
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Oh yeah, and DTP & Art for many many years was pretty much mac. Stuff like that makes great sound bites, but aren't very realistic.
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Roquen
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2012-08-23 13:46:29 » |
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I just now found out that John McCarthy died, just a few days after Ritchie....go figure. |
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2012-08-23 15:48:22 » |
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This was my eulogy for McCarthy:
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Best Username Ever
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2012-08-23 22:30:29 » |
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In Belgium, some media spoke about his death but not really in France. They covered it extensively in the US. I had no idea he was solely responsible for innoventing the C programming language, too. His trademark turtleneck and jeans will be missed. |
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Roquen
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2012-10-26 12:07:31 » |
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I think there's a conspiracy. George Marsaglia's gone too. Not as shocking as not knowing about McCarthy, but still. |
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2012-10-26 15:53:00 » |
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Well, at least he wasn't killed by a random accident. He had a long life and died hard  |
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Roquen
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Reply #24 - Posted
2012-10-26 16:33:26 » |
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Some might say he talked too much about the period of his Mother.
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princec
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2012-10-26 19:18:09 » |
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Well, at least he wasn't killed by a random accident. He had a long life and died hard Can you prove it wasn't random?  Cas |
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