From: clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole)
Subject: [TUHS] RIP Dennis Ritchie
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:36:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2PxSYgrOq45ivJLStOy4zeQnGq+8Opt_hHOxc3GLi_TYw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABoOk8aeZwoMoZPvum3zzT++WT76hirQWU3Z=CBph58kZWGTMg@mail.gmail.com>
Paul,
As you now realize, Dennis left us 5 years ago after a long illness. The
Labs had a wonderful memorial that I was lucky enough to be able to
participate. The theme of the event was "Simply Genius." My words are
that he was a remarkable person and I'm so glad to have known him.
BTW: I suspect your mistaking of the timing of his demise as being more
recent would have made him smile. Just as he did when he discussed
Harvard never actually conferring his PhD due to a bureaucratic issue (a
number of people have tried to get this corrected even after setting up a
chair in honor but so far I do not believe the administration has relented).
Anyway - I agree that he was simply a genius. We all lost a great man and
magnificent human being when he left us, and I miss talking to him.
Clem
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Paul Osborne <pao at mogwog.org> wrote:
> Wired is reporting this morning that Dennis has passed away.
>
> :(
>
> Paul
>
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-13 5:43 Paul Osborne
2016-10-13 5:51 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-10-13 7:28 ` Paul Osborne
2016-10-13 6:04 ` Warner Losh
2016-10-13 6:04 ` Diomidis Spinellis
2016-10-13 14:54 ` Brantley Coile
2016-10-13 13:36 ` Clem Cole [this message]
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2016-10-13 12:51 Norman Wilson
2016-10-13 13:50 ` Armando Stettner
2015-10-11 19:09 Dave Horsfall
2015-10-11 20:02 ` Ron Natalie
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