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On 15/10/2011 12:33, luis jure wrote: |
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> hello boys [1], |
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> i know i don't participate much on this list, but this does not mean that |
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> i don't try to follow most of the threads (not all of them, i admit). |
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> i realized just now that no one has commented on the news of the recent |
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> death of dennis ritchie. considering that his contributions to the |
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> development of computational technologies were not only paramount, but |
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> affect all of us in a very direct way, i think we could somehow compensate |
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> for the lack of echo of these news in the media, by dedicating some time |
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> to celebrate his memory and express our gratitude. |
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I agree, |
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I have spent the last few hours trying to explain his work to the folks |
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here who were so saddened by Steve Jobs passing. While it is very sad on |
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both counts, I am getting annoyed by the opinion that "Richie might have |
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helped popularise C, but SJ invented the iPhone...which is 10x more useful". |
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I swear I'm dealing with a bunch of cretins here :P |