* [TUHS] RIP Dennis Ritchie
@ 2015-10-11 19:09 Dave Horsfall
2015-10-11 20:02 ` Ron Natalie
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From: Dave Horsfall @ 2015-10-11 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
In 2011. Enough said...
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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@ 2016-10-13 5:43 Paul Osborne
2016-10-13 5:51 ` Dave Horsfall
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From: Paul Osborne @ 2016-10-13 5:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
Wired is reporting this morning that Dennis has passed away.
:(
Paul
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From: Dave Horsfall @ 2016-10-13 5:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Thu, 13 Oct 2016, Paul Osborne wrote:
> Wired is reporting this morning that Dennis has passed away.
Five years ago, actually.
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2016-10-13 5:43 Paul Osborne
2016-10-13 5:51 ` Dave Horsfall
@ 2016-10-13 6:04 ` Warner Losh
2016-10-13 6:04 ` Diomidis Spinellis
2016-10-13 13:36 ` Clem Cole
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From: Warner Losh @ 2016-10-13 6:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie says this is from 2011...
Warner
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Paul Osborne <pao at mogwog.org> wrote:
> Wired is reporting this morning that Dennis has passed away.
>
> :(
>
> Paul
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2016-10-13 5:43 Paul Osborne
2016-10-13 5:51 ` Dave Horsfall
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
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From: Diomidis Spinellis @ 2016-10-13 6:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Wired is currently listing the 2011 article reporting the death of
Dennis Ritchie as the second most popular one. dmr left this world of
transient bits exactly five years ago.
On 13/10/2016 08:43, Paul Osborne wrote:
> Wired is reporting this morning that Dennis has passed away.
>
> :(
>
> Paul
>
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2016-10-13 6:04 ` Diomidis Spinellis
@ 2016-10-13 14:54 ` Brantley Coile
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From: Brantley Coile @ 2016-10-13 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I think of Dennis almost daily, maybe because I program in C daily.
I miss him. I would always seek him out at conferences for a chat and get his opinion on things. The power of his mind and his creative powers were exceeded only by his gentlemanliness. He was that rare combination of qualities, high functioning theoretical and practical, architect and builder, designer and coder. I learned to truly program from a combination of reading Dennis and Ken’s code (I can tell them apart) and reading Brian’s prose.
At SouthSuite our Plan 9 authentication server is named “dmr.”
Brantley Coile
http://coraid.com
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 2:04 AM, Diomidis Spinellis <dds at aueb.gr> wrote:
>
> Wired is currently listing the 2011 article reporting the death of Dennis Ritchie as the second most popular one. dmr left this world of transient bits exactly five years ago.
>
> On 13/10/2016 08:43, Paul Osborne wrote:
>> Wired is reporting this morning that Dennis has passed away.
>>
>> :(
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
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@ 2016-10-13 13:36 ` Clem Cole
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From: Clem Cole @ 2016-10-13 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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@ 2016-10-13 12:51 Norman Wilson
2016-10-13 13:50 ` Armando Stettner
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From: Norman Wilson @ 2016-10-13 12:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
The news of Dennis's demise is indeed an echo from five
years ago.
Dennis would have been amused.
Think of it is a day to think about Dennis and what he
gave us, instead of Trump and what he threatens. I
suspect many of us could use that.
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
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2016-10-13 12:51 Norman Wilson
@ 2016-10-13 13:50 ` Armando Stettner
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From: Armando Stettner @ 2016-10-13 13:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
Nicely said, Norman.
aps
> On Oct 13, 2016, at 05:51, Norman Wilson <norman at oclsc.org> wrote:
>
> The news of Dennis's demise is indeed an echo from five
> years ago.
>
> Dennis would have been amused.
>
> Think of it is a day to think about Dennis and what he
> gave us, instead of Trump and what he threatens. I
> suspect many of us could use that.
>
> Norman Wilson
> Toronto ON
>
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