Dennis Ritchie passed away
We're losing them far too quickly.
Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of both the Unix operating system and the C programming language, has passed away at the age of 70.
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
printf("Goodbye, world.\n");
}
And just to complete the day, Robert Galvin, a Motorola exec who, after seeing the communicator on the original Star Trek, gave us the cell phone, is no longer answering. He was 89.
Last edited by essellar; 10-12-2011 at 11:54 PM.
Reason: re-formatted code
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